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Hello Bud, you just "whacked this out"... Fantastic! Now I have no more excuses to not get off my butt and get the job done. All the shops are closed here until the 19th but that gives me so ...

Hello Bud, just make sure I understand everything correctly, you say the spars should be vertical, rather than the wings vertical which the manual seems to suggest. That would certainly make setting t ...

Thanks everybody for all the useful information and particularly Bud for once again coming to the rescue with really good instructions. When are you going to bundle and publish these?
I take to hear ...

So that would mean that if I stay below 1300, which shouldn't be a problem for the test phase, I would be OK? That would at least allow me to wait until some warmer weather comes around.

I have come to the point where everything on the plane is finished and working. Everything? Not quite. Through procrastination, lack of understanding and the hassle involved in getting two wings lined ...

I have also used quarter turn fasteners, in this case from MilSpec products

https://milspecproducts.com/products

They have two versions- the 2000 and 4000 series. On their advice I got the 4000. ...

After a good 12 years of on and off building my plane will finally be ready for flight this spring!

The one thing I still need is a trailer. I have the good fortune of living just 2km from an airfi ...

I am looking fro a checklist for my trigear, or more specifically one that is in Word so I can use it as a template to adapt it to my own configuration. The one supplied by the factory is good in prin ...

I have finally got the wings on and the bolts in. Bit of a black art since you can't look in and have no idea what you are doing. Once the lift pins have been bonded that should at least be repeatable ...

I am looking for a robust and professional looking way to label the switches and circuit breaker in the panel. I have them in a row on the bottom panel, on a carbon look background. Anybody with a goo ...

Many moons ago I bought a LED-XPAC forthe strobe and nav lighting on the wings. For weight and dependability reasons (no transformer, fully LED) I have decided to go with a Wheelan setup.

I still h ...

As you may be aware there was a fatal crash involving PH-BGV last december. Investigations are still ongoing, but it is known that the tailwheel dug into the grass on take-off, leading to a stall. Som ...

Hello Phil, thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned in my post that I have a trigear. Do you know how that affects the dimensions? I assume it is only the height of the tailplane that is differ ...

Could someone give me the dimensions (HxWxL) of a trailered Europa? Loooking at a new house and being able to get it in the garage would be a definite plus

I have just about finished installing the engine (912ULS). What strikes me is that there is no mention of or provision for carb heat. One thing all my flight instructors on the Tecnam agree on is that ...

Hello Simon,

Having been through the process you describe and having gone grey in the meantime, herewith a few of my two Eurocents:

- 3000 hours is a minimum. I started of logging everything wit ...

I have one. If you give me your address I will send it to you. Do you need the punch as well?

You can do that offline at j.glazener14(at)gmail.com

Should you run into the same problem with the lugs that I had, is still have enough of the aluminium (2024, aircraft grade) to make a set of brackets. I 'll be happy to send it to you if you need it.

Hello Kelvin, I am not an expert at doing things right like Bud and Nev. Rather, my claim to fame rests on finding myself at the butt end of everything the Europa can throw at you. So for what it's wo ...