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rlborger(at)mac.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: Taxi test videos

Fellow Europaphiles,



My friend Joe Flood made videos of some of the taxi testing we did on  

2008 01 01.  Should you be interested,  go to You Tube, type "Bob's  

Europa" into the search box and click on "Search."  You should see 5  

videos.  #003 is not of the Europa, but of a nice Cessna 195 taking off.



Check six,

Bob Borger

Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S

http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL

(99.999% done) Essentially complete.  Running Tests & Final Inspections.

3705 Lynchburg Dr.

Corinth, TX  76208

Home:  940-497-2123

Cel:  817-992-1117

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josok-e(at)ukolo.fi
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: Taxi test videos

Happy New Year to everybody here!

Great to see your bird moving under it's own steam, looking beautifully Bob. 

You must be even more happy then i am, seeing this 

What was the fuel problem mentioned? 

I think the door-close slings will end up outside the cockpit real soon now, and give you a fright. 

Good luck with the first flight,



Regards,



Jos Okhuijsen

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rlborger(at)mac.com
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: Taxi test videos

Jos,



And a Happy New Year to you too!



Good to hear from you.



Yes, we are quite happy with the progress to date.  There is an issue  

with the rudder pedal attachment on the pilot side.  That's going to  

take a week or so to fix.  Then I am redirecting the tail wheel drive  

cables.  My idea of running them out the sternpost isn't working well  

at all.  I'm in the process of running them in a straight line out the  

sides of the tail to the tail wheel.



The fuel problem was encountered the first time we actually tried to  

fill the tank from the fuel pump.  I was carefully running fuel into  

the filler hole and things seemed to be going quiet well.  Suddenly,  

there was a huge fuel gyser that must have dumped a quart (250 ml,  

probably all the fuel that was in the filler neck) of fuel into the  

door and down into the well behind the passenger.  Fuel all over.   

Found out that the vent is the limiting factor on how rapidly you can  

put fuel into the tank.  Fueling is a slow process



Those door-close slings are necessary to ensure the rear bolt-shoot is  

engaged.  Really can't close the door without using them.  So the end  

up inside when you close and properly latch the door.  We'll have to  

see how they work over time.



Thanks, still a couple more weeks till first flight.



Best regards,

Bob Borger

Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S

http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL

(99.999% done) Essentially complete.  Running Tests & Final Inspections.

3705 Lynchburg Dr.

Corinth, TX  76208

Home:  940-497-2123

Cel:  817-992-1117



On Jan 2, 2009, at 23:57, josok wrote:



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 Happy New Year to everybody here!

 Great to see your bird moving under it's own steam, looking  

 beautifully Bob.

 You must be even more happy then i am, seeing this 

 What was the fuel problem mentioned?

 I think the door-close slings will end up outside the cockpit real  

 soon now, and give you a fright.

 Good luck with the first flight,



 Regards,



 Jos Okhuijsen

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craigb(at)onthenet.com.au
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: Taxi test videos

hopefully you will have time to video the test flights for us all... hint

hint 



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rlborger(at)mac.com
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: Taxi test videos

Craig,



If I can ever find my miniscule little video camera, I hope to mount  

it on the pilot headrest to collect video in flight.



There will be three folks present at the first flight:  Gary, the  

first flight pilot, Tommy and I.  Either Tommy or I will be operating  

video camera and the other a still camera.



Right now, no telling when that will be.  Still lots of testing to do  

and some fixes to make.



Check six,

Bob Borger

Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S

http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL

(99.999% done) Essentially complete.  Running Tests & Final Inspections.

3705 Lynchburg Dr.

Corinth, TX  76208

Home:  940-497-2123

Cel:  817-992-1117



On Jan 3, 2009, at 20:50, craig bastin wrote:



[quote] 

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 hopefully you will have time to video the test flights for us all...  

 hint

 hint 



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fklein(at)orcasonline.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:35 am Post subject: Taxi test videos

Bob...thanks for posting these videos...they've given me some vicarious 

thrills for a Sunday morning before heading out to the workshop.



Nice to see your thoughtful (and unhurried) preparations for 1st flight.



Best of Luck,



Fred

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topglock(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:44 am Post subject: Taxi test videos

Bob,

Great to see that you're "almost" done.  Maybe we'll see you at the 

Rough River gathering, this year...

Jeff - Baby Blue

Robert Borger wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 Jos,

 And a Happy New Year to you too!

 Good to hear from you.

 Yes, we are quite happy with the progress to date.  There is an issue 

 with the rudder pedal attachment on the pilot side.  That's going to 

 take a week or so to fix.  Then I am redirecting the tail wheel drive 

 cables.  My idea of running them out the sternpost isn't working well at 

 all.  I'm in the process of running them in a straight line out the 

 sides of the tail to the tail wheel.

 The fuel problem was encountered the first time we actually tried to 

 fill the tank from the fuel pump.  I was carefully running fuel into the 

 filler hole and things seemed to be going quiet well.  Suddenly, there 

 was a huge fuel gyser that must have dumped a quart (250 ml, probably 

 all the fuel that was in the filler neck) of fuel into the door and down 

 into the well behind the passenger.  Fuel all over.  Found out that the 

 vent is the limiting factor on how rapidly you can put fuel into the 

 tank.  Fueling is a slow process

 Those door-close slings are necessary to ensure the rear bolt-shoot is 

 engaged.  Really can't close the door without using them.  So the end up 

 inside when you close and properly latch the door.  We'll have to see 

 how they work over time.

 Thanks, still a couple more weeks till first flight.

 Best regards,

 Bob Borger

 Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S

 http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL

 (99.999% done) Essentially complete.  Running Tests & Final Inspections.

 3705 Lynchburg Dr.

 Corinth, TX  76208

 Home:  940-497-2123

 Cel:  817-992-1117

 On Jan 2, 2009, at 23:57, josok wrote:

> 

>

> Happy New Year to everybody here!

> Great to see your bird moving under it's own steam, looking 

> beautifully Bob.

> You must be even more happy then i am, seeing this 

> What was the fuel problem mentioned?

> I think the door-close slings will end up outside the cockpit real 

> soon now, and give you a fright.

> Good luck with the first flight,

>

> Regards,

>

> Jos Okhuijsen

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rlborger(at)mac.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:13 am Post subject: Taxi test videos

Jeff,



Well, I sure hope it's flying by that time!  Unless Mo schedules  

another cruise at the same time, I plan to be there.



Check six,

Bob Borger

Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S

http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL

(99.999% done) Essentially complete.  Running Tests & Final Inspections.

3705 Lynchburg Dr.

Corinth, TX  76208

Home:  940-497-2123

Cel:  817-992-1117

On Jan 4, 2009, at 11:42, Jeff B wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Bob,



 Great to see that you're "almost" done.  Maybe we'll see you at the  

 Rough River gathering, this year...



 Jeff - Baby Blue

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