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Re: Europa-List: What's up with the cost of 914?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: What's up with the cost of 914?
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:43:20

Glenn
don't disagree with your main issues, there's almost never too much 
power. (There can be too much torque though!) but 930lbs?
The best Europa Rotax monos come in at around 780 lbs and you can really 
tell the difference in performance. Why carry around an extra 150lbs?
Too much paint, too many steam age instruments is part of the problem.
Graham

glenn crowder wrote:
>    Well, its been a real easy lander for me, and I fly a mono only on 
> hard runways at high
> altitudes.  No ground loops, no "issues".  Weight is identical to most 
> 914 powered monos with
> CS props at 930 lbs.  Too much power is just enough!  Two up in the 
> summertime the 912S powered LSA's around my field are total dogs at this 
> altitude, barely clearing the power lines at the end of the field!
>  
>                                                Glenn



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