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  Topic: What Did you do with your Europa this week 5/23-5/30
creightonious

Replies: 4
Views: 962

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 7:29 am   Subject: What Did you do with your Europa this week 5/23-5/30
After a couple of weeks of adjustment and maintenance I departed KEYW. Take off 07:50, 1.3hr to KPGD where I picked up some tools and cool weather gear and filled up with 91 octane and launched at 10 ...
  Topic: What did you do with your Europa this week 2/14 - 2/21
creightonious

Replies: 6
Views: 1572

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 1:28 pm   Subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week 2/14 - 2/21
On Monday I flew from Key West KEYW to Punta Gorda KPGD Where I have a hangar. Due to a lot of things I hadn’t been able to get up there on a weekday in order to get my new hangar key and badge. ...
  Topic: Is 160F too cold?
creightonious

Replies: 3
Views: 1362

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:02 am   Subject: Is 160F too cold?
A second radiator, oil or coolant, should not be required in a Laminova set-up. Removal of the oil radiator in the duct of the XS will increase the flow of undisturbed air through the coolant radiato ...
  Topic: Is 160F too cold.
creightonious

Replies: 2
Views: 1579

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:11 am   Subject: Is 160F too cold.
I have a classic with an 80hp.
After several years of experimentation I have settled upon a cowl flap/exit air restrictor and, most important, a Laminova water-oil heat exchanger.
The cowl flap ke ...
  Topic: Connecting both sides of the fuel tank
creightonious

Replies: 28
Views: 10527

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:14 am   Subject: Connecting both sides of the fuel tank
I agree with everyone who advocates running on the main (left) side of the fuel tank because, as has been pointed out, the fuel returns to the reserve (left) side thus ensuring a full reserve 30 mi ...
  Topic: Europa-List Digest: classic firewall
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 1488

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:37 am   Subject: Europa-List Digest: classic firewall
I had bad cooling problems on my 80hp Classic until I removed the second muffler and replaced it with a straight pipe.
Now, while it makes more noise, I can climb forever at 85kt in the Florida summe ...
  Topic: Algae in Fuel Tank
creightonious

Replies: 12
Views: 9900

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:14 pm   Subject: Algae in fuel tank
I had this problem with a Europa which had been stored for 15 years. It was not algae. It was a very adhesive varnish deposit which had developed over the 15 undisturbed years. It required scraping ...
  Topic: Algae in Fuel Tank
creightonious

Replies: 12
Views: 9900

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:13 pm   Subject: Algae in fuel tank
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  Topic: Hacman mixture control
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 1665

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:04 am   Subject: Hacman mixture control
Re: Tubing. Anything suitable for undercowl or underhood conditions willbe suitable. I used fuel line tubing I had on hand. Make sure the curves are long and soft enough not to stress the fittings ...
  Topic: Hac-man gen 3 mixture control
creightonious

Replies: 1
Views: 1881

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:31 pm   Subject: Hac-man gen 3 mixture control
I have been using a Hacman for several years at this point. The Bings do a good job of keeping the mixture sweet up to about 4000ft (80hp 912).
On some of my longer legs I have climbed as high as ...
  Topic: Europa-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 06/08/19
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 1502

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 4:43 am   Subject: Europa-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 06/08/19
Fred,
While I concur that in order to accommodate the 1 light pilot, full fuel, heavy bag-bay loading (which was my airplane’s condition), a forward CG is necessary, I caution that stick back on th ...
  Topic: Fuel tank issues
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 1666

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 2:49 am   Subject: Fuel tank issues
As the posesser of a very old tank I have been following this with interest.
The embrittlement problems seem to be yet another consequence of the addition of alcohol to motor fuels. The alcohol leac ...
  Topic: Endurance test
creightonious

Replies: 4
Views: 3596

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:13 am   Subject: Endurance Test
The relief tube problem in the Europa is simplicity itself.
You will need a funnel of about 12-15cm diameter, 500mm of tubing which will fit over the funnel outlet and 2 zip ties. (The funnels with ...
  Topic: Ventilators
creightonious

Replies: 1
Views: 2773

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:56 am   Subject: Ventilators
I don’t have experience with the Vista vents, but the Ultimate vents I have installed are easily done and are troublefree.
A word about placement. I installed mine just below the windscreen quarte ...
  Topic: Leaning the 912/912S w/Airmaster and HACman
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 1786

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 4:15 pm   Subject: Leaning the 912/912S w/Airmaster and HACman
This is a diary of my experience with a Classic 912 over 2 years and several long cross countries and multiple legs at around 10,000ft msl.
They are my experiences only and might serve as a starting ...
  Topic: Fuel Management
creightonious

Replies: 14
Views: 10142

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:28 am   Subject: Fuel management
I tried it with just the footwell lndicator. Bubbles made it inaccurate. I could purge it by horsing the airplane into a very steep zoom. The bubbles could be seen climbing the gauge tube but in ad ...
  Topic: Cabin heat
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 1889

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:46 pm   Subject: Cabin heat
My Europa Classic has a heater which takes exit air from the starboard radiator to the copilot side. It works to cut the chill in Florida winters-slightly. The major cabin heat source is, of course, ...
  Topic: Carburetor syncing Rotax 912
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 3403

PostForum: RotaxEngines-List   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:03 am   Subject: Carburetor syncing Rotax 912
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  Topic: iLevil and Ipad
creightonious

Replies: 2
Views: 4054

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:27 am   Subject: iLevil and ipad
I have installed the iLevil on the lnstrument panel floor, carefully aligned and shimmed to level flight attitude. I use flyQ and the combination works very well for VFR. We do use 2 aging ipads for ...
  Topic: Retrofit wingtip lights
creightonious

Replies: 0
Views: 2984

PostForum: Europa-List   Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 4:40 am   Subject: Retrofit wingtip lights
Bud and I modified my Classic wings in order to install wingtip lights two years ago.
It involved boring a hole in front of the spar to the wingtip.
We acquired a length of steel tubing sufficient ...
 
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