Jim,
Congrats on your first flight - great job!! Best part of the deal is now it
gets better every time you fly it.
We should get you listed on the Europa-USA website. If you send me your
serial number, "N" number and state I will do it right away.
Have fun flying!!
Bob Jacobsen
A131
From: "James H. Nelson" <europajim@juno.com>
>Subject: First Flight
>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 21:29:48 -0400
>
>Well after 5 1/2 years of SPARE TIME it went skyward with ease. I had
>our local test pilot Lee Olmernik do the honors. A short fight of about
>20 min. showed no problems except some one who kept telling him to check
>gear. I had my Propriety Software AOA operating with out hooking up the
>wing ports. Lee was a bit puzzled at who was talking to him. I had him
>land it and pulled the fuse and launched him again for about thirty min.
>During that flight, oil temps were good due to a separate opening in the
>cowl under the spinner just for it. The coolant temps were only 170
>degrees F so it was running cool. The local temps were about 90 degrees
>F. I attribute this to my custom ducting which is just for the
>radiator. It is smooth in its turns and is properly faired in the inlet
>transitions to get the air into the ducting.. The inlet that Europa
>provides is to large. It should be at least 1/3 smaller. I will do some
>testing and reduce the opening size to get a better pressure drop. Other
>than that, it flew great. Lee reported that is was doing over 130 K but
>I forget at which rpm. Its early and much time to be flown off. It was
>worth the wait and little things that had to be done before it flew.
>Details you know. Tomorrow Lee will fly it again to do a stall series
>and check it for any nastys during those moments. Don't rush, do the
>details and it will be a non event. Just smiles and congrats from a
>small group of friends who "just" showed up at that particular moment. I
>tried to keep it to only two of us but someone told someone else and
>volia- 5 people showed up to watch it go. Europa's are such fun to
>watch. Quiet but verrry nice flyers.
>
>
> Jim Nelson
>
> N15JN
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