Au contraire, the performance of Kim's aircraft is indeed relevant for the
rest of us even if it is only as a benchmark.
Although Kim's build philosophy may include a religious attention to detail
he makes no claims to being a deity, and no god-like powers would be needed
to duplicate his accomplishments. It's all a matter of attitude. N111EU
was built light, and incorporates drag reducing modifications beyond the
factory's speed kit, but any mortal builder could duplicate what Kim has
done. His aircraft may be relatively Spartan (emphasis on relatively,
because it is certainly not austere) compared to, for example, Dennis
Vories' XS (whose interior could be compared to a Lexus) but that's
essential to keeping it light. Since the proverbial free lunch still does
not exist, each of us must choose to build light and go fast, or build plush
and sacrifice speed. Just because most builders seem to prefer to have a
little more of the plush stuff that adds weight and decreases speed is no
reason to exclude N111EU as a valid example of the Europa's performance.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
----- Original Message -----
From: "LTS" <lts@avnet.co.uk>
<europa@avnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Realalistic airspeeds
> I don't think looking at the performance of Kim Prout's aircraft is
> particularly helpful, unless you're a god. Nobody else seems to have come
> near to the performance acheieved by Kim!!!!! I think this guy wants to
know
> what he can expect to acheive if he buys or builds a regular 914 Europa
Tri
> gear. There are several out there and we have sold props for at least two
> 914 trikes and one 914 mono. I am sure someone can give him typical
actuals.
>
> Jerry
>
> LTS@avnet.co.uk
> www.avnet.co.uk/touchdown
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Graves" <larry@aircraftersllc.com>
> Subject: Re: Realalistic airspeeds
>
>
> > Although not a tri-gear, nor turbocharged, there is an excellent
> performance
> > evaluation of Kim Prout's Europa Classic at the following URL, requiring
> > Adobe Acrobat to open and read:
> >
> > http://www.cafefoundation.org/aprs/Europa%20APR.pdf
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Larry Graves
> > AirCrafters Builder Assistance Center
> > 140 Aviation Way, Watsonville, CA 95076
> > Tel: 831-722-9141 Fax: 831-722-9142
> > Website: www.AirCraftersLLC.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karp" <karp@montrose.net>
> > Subject: Realalistic airspeeds
> >
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I am an experienced pilot who lives in the SW part of the United States.
> > I am very seriously looking at either Building or buying a completed
> Europa.
> > I am leaning towards the tri gear configuration.
> > I would prefer to use the turbo 914 version from Rotax, being that most
of
> > my flying would be around the mountains in the SW part of the US.
> >
> > If anyone on this list could give me some actual Airspeed and fuel
> > consumption numbers, other then the factory printed information, it
would
> be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Stan
> >
> >
>
>
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