flugholm
8th May 2005, 14:30
Okay, here goes…
Has anybody here experience with building (and flying, and keeping flyable) a Europa ? http://www.europa-aircraft.co.uk Especially the motorglider version? How much time does it realistically take to get one airborne? And how much money?
In a nutshell: I’m trying to talk my soaring club into building one. The club has built a number of sailplanes in the past (since 1922), but is on the verge of losing this ability. In fact I think it has lost the ability of designing and building an aircraft from scratch. And so I came up with the (admittedly half-baked) idea of building one of these modern “Glue part 19 to part 25” homebuild kits… Well, you get the idea… :E
(Rest assured, I’m well aware of number if issues, like needing full support from the whole club (or at least a major part of it), ignoring the nay-sayers, ---- and the Europa’s prop strike issue…)
And while we’re at it… Just in case: Does anybody know a serious alternative to the Europe? On the wish list: Must be composite, reasonable easy to build, have some pilot appeal, kit should be easily available, reasonably priced, etc etc.
[edited to improve the Europa -- or at least the url.]
Has anybody here experience with building (and flying, and keeping flyable) a Europa ? http://www.europa-aircraft.co.uk Especially the motorglider version? How much time does it realistically take to get one airborne? And how much money?
In a nutshell: I’m trying to talk my soaring club into building one. The club has built a number of sailplanes in the past (since 1922), but is on the verge of losing this ability. In fact I think it has lost the ability of designing and building an aircraft from scratch. And so I came up with the (admittedly half-baked) idea of building one of these modern “Glue part 19 to part 25” homebuild kits… Well, you get the idea… :E
(Rest assured, I’m well aware of number if issues, like needing full support from the whole club (or at least a major part of it), ignoring the nay-sayers, ---- and the Europa’s prop strike issue…)
And while we’re at it… Just in case: Does anybody know a serious alternative to the Europe? On the wish list: Must be composite, reasonable easy to build, have some pilot appeal, kit should be easily available, reasonably priced, etc etc.
[edited to improve the Europa -- or at least the url.]