Very clean and polished aircraft + rain =no difference
Dirty aircraft + rain = flies a bit slower
Ricks post is interesting, l have never repainted a prop. Current hrs is 600.
Europa is unlike a DA20 which, when powered by a Rotax, in the rain, will decend
at full throttle under normal student type flying.
Flown with more understanding, ie enter cruise from a gentle decent, getting
ahead
of the drag bubble - the performance drop off is noticeable but not dire.
Based on my own experiences.
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John Wighton
Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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