Ira Rampil's Modifications

Ira has sent several pictures of his substantially-modified Europa.


First the panel/instrument module has been remodelled to accept a Blue Mountain EFIS and to lay out the right hand side differently.

First in a more or less bare state

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Then the insert panels

[640 x 392, 54KB]

Now the finished article (and the proud father ...)

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Next a picture of his 2-axis autopilot installation, "I enclose a shot of the pitch servo where one may also note the bracket which holds the roll servo (whose home is under the seat of the passenger). All to be covered with 3/16 ply as a pseudo floor board"

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Next two pictures of his gascolator and access door installation, "my Andair gascolator mounted in the lowest point of the fuel system of a trigear, in the central tunnel, under my brake handles, and just above a fuselage hatch with a flush latch mechanism."

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Finally "The next picture is the NACA intake for ventilation. via a scat tube to eyeball vents in the overhead panel "

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01/04/02