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I'll be interested in the response to your question for when I install the Revmaster 2100D into my Menestrel, but my understanding is that cooling in VWs is important, and the more understanding you have of temperatures the better.

Tony Razzell

Hi everyone, I hope that you are having a good summer and have been able to get in the air for those who fly.  The next meeting of the East Midlands LAA Strut will be at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm talk on the 3rd Sept at The Plough, Main St, Normanton on Soar, nr Loughborough, LE12 5HB. This month, we wil...

Hi everyone, I hope that you are having a great summer and getting some aviation in for those that fly. I've been to Fenland today for lunch with my wife Cathy and we were treated to a pair of Chipmunks based there doing a run and break, plus a pair of F16s (I think) at 5-10k ft doing a mock dogfigh...

The next meeting of the East Midlands Strut will be on the 2nd July at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start at The Plough, Main Street, Normanton on Soar, Loughborough, LE12 5HB. This month we have Peter Johnston who will give us a talk on the activities of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. The Rolls-Royce Heri...

Hi everyone, Firstly, I hope you've been able to take advantage of the recent more settled weather to "commit aviation"; thankfully the ground is drying out so we can use grass airfields and strips again. A heads up for the June meeting of the East Midlands LAA Strut a little earlier than normal as ...

Hi Everyone, As discussed at the April meeting, the next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be a workshop visit at my house at 7:30pm on Tuesday 7th May to see the Menestrel project and get a better idea of what is involved in building an aircraft at home. I hope that this will be of some interest...

The next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be held on Tuesday 2nd April, 7:30pm onwards at The Plough, Main St, Normanton on Soar, Loughborough, LE12 5HB. Amongst other things, we had an interesting discussion about carburetors last month, particularly in relation to aerobatic operation in a Tips...

Hi everyone, The next meeting of the East Midlands LAA Strut will be on Tuesday 5th March from 7:30pm at The Plough, Main St, Normanton on Soar, Loughborough, LE12 5HB. Another evening of convivial chat about flying and aeroplanes, bring a memory stick along if you'd like to show anything. I will gi...

Hi All, I have spoken to The Plough (Main St, Normanton on Soar, LE12 5HB) and they are now dried out and up and running again after the flooding in January. This means that we can have our Strut meeting at The Plough on Tuesday 6th February in person. I will be there from 7:30pm and will run a Zoom...

I am very sorry to inform you that The Plough, Normanton on Soar has been badly affected by flooding and is closed until further notice. We will therefore have to run our Strut quiz on Zoom as finding another venue at short notice is not practical. Please join us on Tuesday for a quiz which Martin ...

I think it would be good to have an area on the LAA Engineering pages to hold pooled knowledge/best practice for VW builders and operators. If there was some oversight/moderation by LAA Engineering, we could be more confident on the quality of the information than if it was off some forum or other. ...

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a nice Christmas.  At the December meeting of the East Midlands LAA Strut, we decided that the first Tuesday of the month  (2nd Jan) was a bit too close to the Christmas/New Year break so for January only , we will have our Strut meeting on the second Tuesday, i.e. th...

Dear All, The next meeting of the East Midlands LAA Strut will be on Tuesday 7th November, 7:30pm onwards at The Plough, Main St, Normanton on Soar, nr Loughborough, LE12 5HB. No external speaker this month but I'll put together an update on progress on my Nicollier Menestrel project, alongside drin...

I found White Ellerton near St Albans very helpful. They have just made me a lovely canopy for my Menestrel, following several years of effort trying to make my own.

Tony Razzell

Mine arrived on Saturday I think

Tony R