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Forum: Private Flying

22nd Jun 2009, 22:06

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Europa XS monowheel

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Posted By Them thar hills

Mono

I'd say the Mono is being portrayed as more of a beast than it deserves to be.
Like all homebuilts, there's a wide variation in empty weights, like 140 lbs.
And there are many different...

Forum: Private Flying

15th Jun 2009, 17:29

Replies: 41

Europa XS monowheel

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Posted By Them thar hills

how heavy ?

Re the snail ref, Europa empty weights vary widely.
The last one I flew in had an 80 horse Rotax 912, and a constant speed prop.
It leapt off the ground with no problems at all.
The aircraft had...

Forum: Private Flying

14th Jun 2009, 19:46

Replies: 41

Europa XS monowheel

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Posted By Them thar hills

Tailwheel a/c

Yet again the bad experiences bubble to the surface.
Flying a 172 is absolutely nothing like any sort of Europa. Yes maybe early Europas had problems as they were quite short-coupled, and twitchy....

Forum: Private Flying

13th Jun 2009, 19:27

Replies: 41

Europa XS monowheel

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Posted By Them thar hills

Why not

Yes provided they are converted properly !
In fact any tailwheel aircraft would be fine, given proper training, in sensible conditions......But how long a conversion would take depends on many...

Forum: Private Flying

13th Jun 2009, 19:01

Replies: 41

Europa XS monowheel

Views: 36,435

Posted By Them thar hills

Mono Europa

Cusco
You could say that about many tailwheel aircraft. Which why it's vital to do a proper conversion with some one who really does know what they are about.
As Will says, the LAA scheme is...

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