I am still under construction on my trike, but I would say 5 minutes
would be about right for a trike. I have to pull the plane out of the
workshop
first then get the wings one at at time. I slide the port wing in first and
push the pins half way in. then starboard and lock both pins in fully. the
tail
planes are about 30 seconds each. Mind you it did take me a while to get the
hang of it but i have it sorted now during my build so come flying time i
figure
it will be easy. the manual does say its worth making guides to help align
the
spars which I did. before the guides it was awkward to rig even with two
people.
craig
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Frans
Veldman
Sent: Saturday, 21 February 2009 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Rigging/Derigging
Richard Sementilli wrote:
> It takes me 15 minutes just to line up one wing
> exactly where I want it so I can just slide them in
How is that possible? We don't care about lining up the wing, we just
push it in and it has nowhere to go, except for just the right spot.
When the wing can not be pushed any further, no other manoeuvring is
necessary, we can just slide in the various pins to secure the wing. We
have glassed in a small ridge that guides the spar to its destination,
and made funnel shaped flap root extensions so they catch the pin
without any intervention.
> Are you building a plane or are you in the market to buy one? Mine is for
sale.
Well, you just let the cat out of the bag about the time it takes to rig
your airplane... ;-)
Anyway, I guess with some small modifications it would be possible to
make any Europa easy and fast to rig.
--
Frans Veldman
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