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Yesterday I was flying southbound along the Florida coast for some breakfast and, on looking toward the ocean, I realized I had just missed something really neat. It was still a neat sight. I wanted t ...

Ron,

Expancel is great stuff. I happened to have enough for my project but always wondered what could replace it.

The only epoxy filler I have seen that looks like Expancel is the West System 41 ...

My interior is all painted minus the baggage area and foot floor where I used lightweight speaker cover type carpet. I used Zolatone over epoxy primed glass. No Expancell. Despite being told Zolatone ...

OK, so in the interest of accurateness, I went up this morning when it was relatively calm and did 3 and 4 leg runs and used the very handy National Test Pilot School (NTPS) GPS Pitot-Static-Error spr ...

Hi Pete,

This morning I went flying. Only climbed to 3000â€™ and at that altitude and 5100 the MP was around 23.5â€. Per my power table that is about 70% or a bit more but no more than 75%. My tab ...

Hi Pete,

Sorry for late reply.

I have the SkyBeacon (aka the wingtip one). That one doesn't have built-in transponder so you need to have one in the airplane, in my case the GTX-327. The nice th ...

During the DUC open house in Sebring. Got a new $$CF spinner (the one I had before was terrible).

One pic shows Monsieur DUC himself inspecting the prop install by his son. It was fun to sit back a ...

Some fun pics of N11EU doing it's job of providing enjoyment!

Hello Europa friends,

It's been a couple of months that I have been away from the forum. Life got a bit on the way but I'm hopping to socialize with you all again.

I have been flying my beloved ...

Hi Bud,

Thanks for your reply.

First on the CKT thing yes it is very sad. But your comments about why are right on. I am personally facing a similar situation as a product development Engineer f ...

Thank you Bud and Peter,

I cleaned the port yesterday and it is intact (shinny like when new) so for now I just applied some high temp paste (bandaid) since I really want to fly a little and I donâ ...

Thanks Peter,

Not sure what the sleeved one is (the Rotax style?) but I have a CKT muffler purchased 3+ years ago. Just a ball(ish) or taper looking ring at the end of the tube.

What is this Hon ...

Hello Europa Family,

First of all Happy New Year together with hopes of a great year 2024! I also hope you had enjoyable holidays (I did have a very special one, which included a Europa related act ...

Thanks for the compliments! I guess that if you spend 7 months working the finish something good should come out of it Very Happy

As far as speed not sure if itâ€™s faster. When I get the speed fairings ...

You can catch a glimpse of my AV-30 and EMS-1 in this picture (taken a couple of days ago).

Impressive CAD work and renderings A51.

First, I love my AV-30, you wont be disappointed. Same as you I wanted the round analog gauges look and I'm pleased to have done that.

The only thing I t ...

Thanks guys!

Pete, all products used come from a small company here in the US called Southern Polyurethanes (SPI). They really specialize on primers (their epoxy primer is fantastic) and clears. If ...

My Europa finally flies again. After a long and painful process of painting the airplane it finally did three nice flights today. All went well.

Still need to paint the removable wing root fairings ...

Hi David,

I know my answer wonâ€™t be a direct answer since I donâ€™t have this AP in my Europa but I have it my LongEZ. I installed it 10 years ago and it has been flawless.

But I can share my ...

Today I removed the engine and instrument module in my airplane in preparation for painting the fuselage. It was actually quite easy to do albeit, like everything, it did involve some work.

Althoug ...