I fly with the foam wing on my aircraft at high density altitudes (8500
MSL yesterday) and
at gross weights (pilot 220 lbs, passenger 200 lbs, Subaru engine) and have
have never had
a wing drop at any time unless doing intentional stalls. My wing only has a
mild 30 degree
drop to the left and indicates no tendency to roll under. I also have no
stall strips.
Glenn
>From: BEBERRY@aol.com
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Europa-List: Wing drop in the stall
>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:32:13 EDT
>
>All the recent correspondence following the tragedy at Oshkosh seems to
>point to a basic instability with the Europa. Is this inherent in the
>design or
>due to building errors?
>
>Trimming ailerons to achieve smooth integration with the wing profile is
>dodgy and may point to a basic error in construction with one wing having a
>different lift characteristic to the other. The descriptions of other
>incidents
>such as a very sudden wing drop and incipient spin are not asociated with
>any
>other GA or home build as far as I know.
>
>Questions.. do people's experiences of wing drops apply generally in the
>same manner or do they apply to different wings and perhaps mainly to the
>foam
>wing?
>
>Should there be improved ways of measuring the newly formed wing profile
>before finishing?
>
>Have any pilots flown different Europas to see if the problem is
>replicated?
>
>I have never known a severe - or even comparatively slight wing drop in the
>stall, power on or off, in GA aircraft so the apparent Europa problem is
>worrying and needs some more in depth investigation.
>
>Patrick
>
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