Wow, that works out to almost 36 miles/imperial gallon - impressive!
(unless I made a mistake)
That is an insparational story - maybe I *will* start putting those parts
sitting in my garage into tighter formation this fall after all :-)
(and I'm still eagerly awaiting my issue of Sport Aviation to envy Ramio's
handywork)
Cheers,
Pete
A239
(still just a pile of parts)
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi> wrote:
>
> Builders (and those who are planning to build)!
>
> Today I performanced some X-country flying with my 88-years old uncle, who
> is a still operative hearth surgeon.
> We had 6 legs, all together 6 hrs 23 minutes and 804 nm, with an average
> speed 126 knots, total fuel consumption was 117 litres, TOW was near my MTOW
> 1450 lbs /658 kgs (we had some heavy tools w us).
>
> After we both feel very relaxed and my uncle stated if he were a young man
> again, flying should be a big part of his life. Tower men/women regularly
> call my Europa in radio "speedy little experimental". What a wonderful
> machine She is!
>
> Those who are building - keep on that mode with stamina - the fruit will be
> more than suberb.
>
> Raimo from Finland
> OH-XRT, 87 hrs & 187 monolandings.
>
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