>>If you are wise, I believe your Europa SHOULD BE GROUNDED pending
rectification of a fundamental problem which manifested itself on Peter Kember
a
few weeks ago<<
I think that is being a little bit unfair to Europa. Peter's aircraft is not
strictly standard because the filters are not recommended. The basic system
recommended in the plans has been tested for several hundred hours and to my
knowledge hasn't caused any problems. I wouldn't suggest that it never will,
nothing Man designed was ever foolproof, however you can rest assured that if it
does you will know very quickly.
Peter's experience is a good example of how a small modification done for the
best of reasons can get you into unexpected trouble. Another would be increasing
the flap deflection to give easier landing. Any more than 28 deg and the plane
will take off before the ailerons work.
There are lots of areas where the design of the Europa can be improved. That's
great, because starting from where the plane is, already way out in front, you
could end up with a truly magic aircraft. But please, when contemplating
improvements, at least give Europa the chance to comment, they may well have
tried it before and rejected it. You should find them quite receptive to ideas
if approached in the right way.
Graham
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