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Re: Europa-List: Mod 77

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mod 77
From: GRAHAM SINGLETON <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:55:48
Steve=0AMaybe we should start a countdown for Nigel's lift off?!?!=0AHow lo
ng is it now, almost as long as it took me to refurbish my EZ!=0AGraham=0A
=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Steven Pitt <steven.pitt
2@ntlworld.com>=0ATo: europa-list@matronics.com =0ASent: Saturday, 11 Augus
t 2012, 7:44=0ASubject: Re: Europa-List: Mod 77=0A =0A=0A =0AKevin, =0AAs a
 Member of the Europa Club you should be =0Areceiving the Europa Flyer in w
hich is contained the report on Ivan's =0Apresentation ( as well as a fanta
stic photo montage of Flying to Kitty Hawk by =0ATroy and Donna Maynor).=0A
I have been trying to persuade our Treasurer (who =0Ashot a video of the pr
esentation) to get it on You Tube or whatever but he has a =0AEuropa to bui
ld (which we keep on nagging him to finish)so he is finding time =0Adifficu
lt to edit the video.=0ARegards=0ASteve Pitt=0AChairman, Europa Club=0A----
- Original Message ----- =0A>From: klinefelter.kevin@gmail.com =0A>To: euro
pa-list@matronics.com =0A>Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:18  PM=0A>Subject
: Re: Europa-List: Mod 77=0A>=0A>=0A>Hi Pete,=0A>How might we access this r
eport?=0A>Kevin=0A>=0A>On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:44 AM, Peter Zutrauen <peterz@
zutrasoft.com>  wrote:=0A>=0A>=0A>Frans (and other newer members), =0A>>=0A
>>you may may want to read the =0A    great report of Ivan's presentation a
t the last AGM in the last newsletter - =0A    what a great read!- Quite 
the history lesson (with Graham's =0A    contribution included I believe).
=0A>>=0A>>Cheers,=0A>>Pete=0A>>A239=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8
:12 AM, Frans Veldman <frans@privatepilots.nl> wrote:=0A>>=0A>>--> Europa-L
ist message posted by: Frans Veldman  <frans@privatepilots.nl>=0A>>>=0A>>>H
i =0A      Graham!=0A>>>=0A>>>> Because of the leverage of the rudder pedal
s (and our =0A      strong legs)=0A>>>> If one pilot pushes hard left and t
he other one has =0A      to overide him the=0A>>>> total load on the hing 
and flange would be =0A      nearly 400 Kg.=0A>>>=0A>>>Wow! I didn't even t
hink about an override and the =0A      leverage! 400Kg is a=0A>>>lot for t
hat poor hinge! Which brings up the =0A      question why the standard=0A>>
>construction is even certified... Or why this =0A      mod didn't get=0A>>
>incorporated in the standard kit long time =0A      ago.=0A>>>=0A>>>> 7 ye
ars ago we sold our house and with it went my =0A      wonderful workshop:-
S=0A>>>=0A>>>I even don't want to think about loosing my =0A      workshop.
..=0A>>>=0A>>>> That meant I had to stop making up Mod kits so I =0A      p
ersuaded=0A>>>> David Stanbridge that it would be a good idea for Europa 
=0A      to sell this=0A>>>> mod.=0A>>>=0A>>>Just putting the mod somewhere
 burried =0A      onto the website isn't going to=0A>>>attract many custome
rs... It took a =0A      while before I discovered its=0A>>>existence, and 
it took me a while to =0A      realize the benefits of this mod.=0A>>>=0A>>
>> We flew my Long EZ last week =0A      for the first time in too many yea
rs, it=0A>>>> felt wonderful. I am =0A      tempted to revalidate my lisenc
e and fly it from=0A>>>> the front =0A      again!=0A>>>=0A>>>I think as a 
relatively newcomer I miss some history here. =0A      So you built=0A>>>a 
long EZ?=0A>>>=0A>>>Thanks for inventing this mod =0A      77.=0A>>>=0A>>>F
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