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The Hi Top mod is achieved by jacking up the front of the fuselage top moulding and inserting wedges of reinforcement either side prior to bonding the top in place. You can see this on the attached pi ...

My personal opinion is “yes”. The reinforcing tubes supplied by the factory as part of the Mod 72 kit were about 100mm (4.0”) long as I remember. This was intended to span the area known to fail ...

Ha! Sorry chaps .... too much builder support and too little attention to what's in the paste buffer ...

This is the text that Ishould have posted to Tony

Hi Tony,
Jabiru powered Europas are pr ...

Hi John,
I’ve been keeping a weather (snow) eye open and so far I’ve seen nothing in Meribel to make me want to rush out. I’m hoping the snow will arrive later in February or early March when t ...

To answer your question, the UK distributor is:
Boud Minerals Limited, West Bank Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire PE12 9UR - http://www.boud.com
The sales contact is: Rachel Wood - Tel: +44 (0)1406 35198 ...

........................at the front, and one at the rear.

.... good recovery I thought Wink

Richard is correct - in fact there are two holes !

The bolt failures are the symptom of the problem – not the cause!
The problem is the plywood stack that the tail spring sits on. During the build, the plywood is sheathed in waterproof epoxy, but t ...

The free-standing diameter is 46 cm, the rolling radius (weight on wheel) at 17psi is about 19 cm.

Nigel

One other potential cause of unexplained water loss is a porous cylinder head.
I have found this twice on early 912 engines, both in the number two head (front left and rear right (the same part numb ...

Hi Gregory,
The membership section of our website generates an automatic reminder as your membership is about to expire. Unfortunately, it has no way of knowing if you have set up an external automat ...

Here you go Thomas.

Jonathan,

There are some simple clues to judging whether a forum poster knows anything about engines or not. If you spot the keyword “RPM’s (with an “S”) …… you know straight away they ...

Frank,

The original seat belts were supplied by a company called "Total Restraint Systems". If you need technical information you could contact them directly at:
http://www.trs-motorspor ...

A year or so ago I remember reading someone's account of designing his own heated pitot tube using only v. modest amounts of electricity. I thought I had carefully filed the article but cannot find it ...

Hi Graham,
The trick is to hold the clamps open with Mole grips (over centre and locked) then you can easily manipulate the clamps into place on the alloy pipe stubs BEFORE you slide the pipes on. Wi ...

........"I am close to ditching it and fitting the original standard, (does anyone have a spare? "

I might be able to help you out Alan. Contact me off list.

Nigel

.......some people have used West System 407 / 410 products or Poly Fiber Superfil. We have not used either, maybe others can comment.

Jim & Heather

I have used Super-Fil with great succe ...

Hi Rod,

These were made in the US by Motion Systems in NJ.
Part number on the originals was 73633 but the closest I can find is this:

http://www.actuator.com/products/product/linear-actuator-85 ...

Remi is correct. All the grey coloured components supplied with the original kit (cowls, doors, "D" panel and the speed kit) were manufactured with woven glass and polyester resin.
If you ...