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Subject: Re: Europa-List: Weight and balance
From: Steve Ivell <SteveIvell@pestproof.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 22:35:53
Did you fill the tail with lead??!! Lol

Steve Ivell
Oldham
07971 128842

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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@matr
onics.com> on behalf of Bill <europa10@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:22:17 PM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Weight and balance

Pete,

Thanks for the response.  I just responded to Bud=92s note will all the par
ticulars.
Don=92t know if you=92ve got the classic or the XS.  I know the engine on t
he XS is further forward than on my classic so I would expect the XS to be 
more nose heavy.

Bill

From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-serv
er@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Pete
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Weight and balance

hi Bill,

Thats a switch, i kept hearing the need to weight in the tail, with airmast
er props, batteries, and 914's up front.  What engine are your running?

Hoping for a light turbo 120hp 4-cyl d-motor in mine, i was prepared to ext
end the engine forward as (if) required.

Cheers,
Pete

On Mar 24, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Bill <europa10@bellsouth.net<mailto:europa10@b
ellsouth.net>> wrote:
Hello everyone,

After 20+ years I am now close to finishing my monowheel classic.

Initial weight and balance shows the aircraft is tail heavy and needing 30 
' 40 pounds of weight added in the engine compartment to get the CG where
 I want it.  The current empty weight is 801 pounds.

I would like to ask what others have experienced, where they added weights,
 etc.  Currently I=92m planning on adding weight on top of the Rotax gear b
ox as there are available bolt holes and room for the weight (5x5 steel bar
).

Thanks,
Bill
N51EU
Europa Monowheel Classic



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