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Re: Europa-List: Fw: Try a Europa XS on for size?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Fw: Try a Europa XS on for size?
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:31:54

Richard
depends on body/leg length ratio. Long legs are a bit of a problem.
Graham

Richard Pottorff wrote:
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> 
> Hi,
>  
> I'm considerably larger than the FAA standard pilot - 6'3", 210 or so 
> lbs. I'm seriously considering building a Europa XL, but after reading a 
> CAF Foundation Europa Classic APR, I'm concerned there might not be 
> enough leg and head room. Shoulder room shouldn't be a problem; I'm 
> taking flying lessons in a Cessna 172, and it only has a 40" wide 
> cockpit. I'm jammed against the door, but its not uncomfortable.
>  
> I'm currently in Wichita, KS, and occasionally rent airline seats for 
> the ride back to my real home in Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA area). So, 
> any builders local to either area that have enough of the fuselage 
> finished for me to check out my fit in an XS that would let me sit in it 
> for a couple of minutes?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
>  
> Richard Pottorff
> (C) 408 747 7286
> 
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