Hi Jos
You can blame me, at least in part, for the Golf cart tyre supplied in the
early kits.
Many years ago I happened to be at Kirkbymoorside when Ivan was trying to
contain escalating costs during development of the first series of kits. He
was looking into the use of alternative tyres he asked me If thought
customers would find the golf cart tyres acceptable as they were
significantly less expensive than true aircraft tyres. I was going through
one of my phases of thinking that most aircraft parts had a large element of
added cost over exactly equivalent commercial parts. So I said that if they
were Ok for size ,loading, speed etc then I would by OK with the alternative
tyre.
I note your comments about the Europa being a well tested product is
completely correct but bear in mind that since the take over by EMIL some
years ago virtually all development was stopped and since then all the
experience that has been gained has been by owner builders and flyers like
you and John.
The Europa is in many ways an "Experimental" aircraft and development is
necessary or it will not evolve as it should and could just fade away. So
please do not stick to the view that the design is perfect and if it's not
in the build manual it's wrong.
Best regards
Tim
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of josok
Sent: 29 September 2007 16:31
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re : Tire question - cannot fly before informat
Hi John,
That's exactly what's bothering me, why does the Manual and the factory
supply 8x6 and does my plane, and probably many others fly with 8x6 without
any rubbing? It changes the attitude on the ground for one thing. Sounds
like ill advise to me, however well meant.
This plane has been very well designed, is very well tested and still oh
well: Lets mount something else, worse advise somebody else to do that.
Think hard please, are you absolutely sure about all aspects of the change
you propose? Are you qualified to advert changes? Are you ready to pay for
the consequences if the advice is not so good after all? Sorry for the
flame, but sometimes somebody has to pull the brakes. Why me again :-)
Regards,
Jos Okhuijsen
Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org
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