Oujes Graham,
trees are better than rocks - you can burn them!
In fact I happily found a (very narrow, only 3 m /10 feet)
road between trees. No damages at all. Reason for forced
landing: upside-down connected trimming cables after major
service. I promise the C172 nose was very heavy after take-off
and I trimmed it to be even more to the maximum. I have always
checked the locigal moving directions of the ailerons, rudder
and tailplanes. After this accident I add to my list also trim.
I hate those ISO9001 qualified workshop failures for certified aircrafts.
This kind of a poor workmanship kills people. My test pilot has had
4 times of forced landing situation and every time it was
because of the repairman error.
Learning: if you wanna be sure fly only by an experimental or
by a new plane (with all those known factory errors)!
Raimo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Singleton" <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: First flight
> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>
> Raimo
> You are right, Jos is a man in a m,illion. I can listen to him for hours.
> Once I can get him talking!
> I am pleased the 172 didn't bite you! Another example that trees can be
> better than rocks perhaps?
> Graham
>
> Raimo Toivio wrote:
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>> Raimo
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>> Europa Mono, 16 hrs and 68 landings so far and feels very good
>> Cessna C172, forced landing to the forest in EFRU 2/7/2007 but I was very
>> lucky
>> Beech C18, standing quietly and waiting for some mercy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "josok" <josok-e@ukolo.fi>
>> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:07 PM
>> Subject: Europa-List: First flight
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Today, at the hands of Ivan Shaw the Northernmost built and based Europa
>>> XS kit 600 OH-XJO took the air.
>>>
>>> It flies great, ball in the middle, no hands on the controls, no tabs.
>>> Far better then i expected :-) and i am still baffled. Temperatures are
>>> a bit high on the Dynon, but it's probably one of the sensors, since the
>>> engine does not feel hot.
>>>
>>> For the records: It's a XS monowheel, with a Rotax 914ULS, Woodcomp SR
>>> 3000, Smart Avionics CSG-1/G cs controller, Dynon 180, 2 generators, 2
>>> batteries, 409 kg or 901 pounds on the scale. Built started end October
>>> 2003, and i counted about 2300 hours on the job, including some 40
>>> hours for the upholsterer fitting the Europa interior kit, 250 hours for
>>> the filler and sander, and 90 hours for the painters.
>>>
>>> My thanks go out to all who have helped with good advice, moral support,
>>> hands on work, or just good criticism. The list of names is too long to
>>> mention, and i would risk forgetting somebody, but i can't go around
>>> without mentioning Raimo Toivio who advised to buy a plane if flying was
>>> the objective, William Mills and Dave Buzz, accompanied by Paul Sweeting
>>> and Graham Singleton, who flew all the way up here to boost the build,
>>> Andy and Nev, John and Roger wit h good advice and the right articles at
>>> the right time.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jos Okhuijsen
>>>
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>>>
>>> Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org
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> Graham Singleton
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