Karl,
my fault. I guess one should refrain from writing eMails within minutes after
landing
due to lack of oxygen to the brain.
I have two sets of blades: 64 and 73. I did fly the short ones yesterday. With
the long blades (73 inch wide blade-tips) the ground clearance is 14 cm on my
Trigear. Back-taxi is impossible: the prop would chop the fairing and tyre.
be well,
<Thomas>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Heindl" <kheindl@msn.com>
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: knocking on heaven's door
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:36:05 +0100
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> Thomas,
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> Can you please confirm that your prop is 73" and not 63". The ground clearance
> would be very limited.
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> Thanks, Karl
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> > From: "Thomas Scherer" <thomas@scherer.com>
> > Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
> > To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> > Subject: Europa-List: knocking on heaven's door
> > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:41:50 -0700
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> > Hi everybody,
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> > this morning I took N81EU a Europa classic with Rotax 912ul, short wings up
> > to 17,700 ft above Los Angeles, CA. Climb rate was still 110 ft in clear
> > air. IAS was 74 knots ground temp at departure point (KCCB) was 96 deg F.
> > (No OAT installed).
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> > Oil temps were high (250 deg F) up to 7000 ft and came down in the higher,
> > cooler air.
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> > Lately I have installed a cold air supply from a NACA scoop on the lower
> > starboard cowling feeding a homebuilt airbox mounted to the bing
> > carburators. The cooler installation now features dual oil coolers in
> > series.
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> > This might be a new high for a 912ul in a Europa without glider wings.
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> > I shall now start constructing some sort of air-compression device and try
> > for higher. I was 300 ft below Airspace A with views ranging from Palm
> > Springs to the SoCal Pacific ocean coast.
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> > The climb took 2 hrs and she used 36 litres of fuel. RPM at max alt was 5400
> > RPM. (prop is an Airmaster with 73 inch diameter).
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> > Happy landings !
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> > <Thomas, N81EU>
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