Thx. Hmmmmm...i wonder why, since the design is so well spin proven and even
proudly
shouted from the treetops in the original europa promotion video?
Seems to be quite the waste.
Cheers and thx.
> On Sep 28, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Alan Burrill <alanb@dpy01.co.uk> wrote:
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> For the Owners Manual page 5-14
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> Spinning
> Intentional spinning is prohibited.
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> Enough said.
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> Alan
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 27 Sep 2019, at 17:35, Peter Zutrauen <peterz@zutrasoft.com> wrote:
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>> I realize the Europa has been tested for and has good spin recovery
>> characteristics.
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>> Some Europa's in the US have been placarded with "intentional spins
>> prohibited".
Is this an arbitrary restriction? Is there an official Europa Aircraft document
which restricts spins or any other 'aerobatic' manuver (I realize snap
rolls would be a bad idea)? I have not yet found anything on the co's website.
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>> Here in Canada spins are to be demonstrated by the instructor as part of our
PPL (we used to be tested on them too, but that has been removed from the
syllabus),
and one can obtain training in one's own homebuilt. So thus my question
about spins.
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>> Many thanks,
>> Pete
>> #A239 xs (still parts)
>> #120 classic (new owner)
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