Bob,
It's s/n A058 and the tail number is N15JN. Its a classic
updated to XS spec.'s I extended the foot well on the pilots side and
used the XS engine mounting with XS cowl. Also did the tail wheel mod
amongst many mod's. Its nice to watch it leave the runway and climb
upward to the empty sky. I did have a small problem. One of the
carburetor vent hoses that vents to the plenum came off the carb. This
caused the test pilot to have a rough running engine every time he
lowered the power. It would smooth out after 20 to 40 seconds. Left him
puzzled. So back on the ground I took the cowling off and found the port
vent line disconnected. I pushed it back on and used a bit of safety
wire and wrapped it around the tubing to keep it from coming off. Back
to the sky I gestured and Lee took off and it runs very nicely. Lee says
it stalls around 55 with plenty of rumbling around 60 to let you know its
unhappy. When it stalls there is no discernable wing drop so I must have
got both wings at the same incidence. I'll get checked out next weekend
if the wx is good and then its mine........
Jim Nelson
N15JN
<jacobsenra@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> 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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