Paul & Liz Atkinson wrote:
> I have been playing around with weight and balance figures for a Europa
> fitted with a Wilksch Diesel engine.
> I believe that Mark used John Tye's Europa as the basis for his
> calculations. Does anyone happen to know if John has carried out the
> tailwheel mod, or fitted the extended baggage bay to his craft.
Last time I saw John's aircraft he had the new tailwheel but not the
baggage bay.
> Finally a question for Rowland. Do you have any weight and CofG figures
> for flying monowheel XS's
CofG figures for various aircraft is a fairly useless piece of
information because once finished each builder will juggle whatever
fixture and fittings around (usually the battery) to achieve the CofG
position he requires. To that end you will see Subaru engined Europas
with the battery right down at the tail. (Great pendulum effect???).
Aircraft weight is a much more interesting figure and I do hold a list
of all flying Europas which contains details like weights for the most
of them. In fact I published this list in the Europa Club Newsletter a
couple of issues ago.
Dave Watts G-BXDY
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