The Subaru was tried in the early days of the Europa. It is too heavy to
make the Europa practical. With two on board and full fuel it as at or
approaching MTOW leaving no margin for baggage. Also as the engine is
heavy, the battery has to be as close to the tail as possible requiring
long battery cables. With the increased pitch inertia the handling is
compromised particularly in pitch. This is particularly relevant for a
monowheel. I know one owner who had his converted to a conventional
tailwheel to try to make the handling more manageable but ended up
selling it having still found it a bit of a handful. The Rotax may be
more expensive to start with but it has still to be bettered by any
other engine.
Nigel Charles
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michel
AUVRAY
Sent: 28 June 2009 19:46
Subject: Europa-List: Subaru engine on the monowheel
Hi all,
I am interested to receive experience informations to the subaru engine
mounted on the monowheel.
On the forum or off .
Thanks
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Michel AUVRAY
mau11@free.fr
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