My Europa monowheel has been flying since 99 and initially I had three
incidents of an outrigger failing to latch which in the first two incidents,
resulted in minor scuffing damage to the outrigger leg. On the third occasion,
I
managed to recover early in the event by applying maximum aileron.
Thorough inspection,cleaning, relubrication and testing with A/C jacked up,
failed to reveal any reason or reoccurrence.
Since then, I always plan to deploy the gear around 70Kts in one swift and
positive movement, with a bit of a thump no less, and have not had a problem
since. A bit basic but it seems to work.
Hope this info is of some help.
John Lace.
G-OJHL 350 hours
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