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Re: Europa-List: Rotax 914 starting problems when hot

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Rotax 914 starting problems when hot
From: Frans Veldman <frans@privatepilots.nl>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:29:39

On 03/14/2012 12:44 PM, Raimo Toivio wrote:

> Congratulations for that; next upgrade your very speedy cannon to Mono
> and meet even VNE (165 knots) during the low level flight.

I think with proper fairings on the wheels the difference in drag
between a tri-gear and a mono wouldn't be that much. This year I plan to
replace the mickey mouse fairings by properly shaped fairings. The
frontal area of the outriggers, mono wheel and tail wheel might still be
smaller but I think these items are more difficult to clean up
aerodynamically.

And of course I don't think I'm a good enough flyer to keep the thing
under control in the various and sometimes challinging situations during
my travels.

> "broke my smallest toe by bumping into
> my wife unintentionally (honestly!)"
> 
> I recommend you to try next time your biggest tool intentionally instead
> of a smallest toe unintentionally.

I tried but something clearly went wrong... I will keep practising. ;-)

Frans



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