Greetings all,
Finally got to sit in a Europa over the weekend at Oshkosh. I am fairly
new to aviation, and am currently working on my PPL, so take my comments
accordingly.
I have also been doing a lot of home-built research and studying for
about the past 4 years and have pretty much decided on building
something like a Rans S-6, or potentially moving up to the Europa. You
might say most of
my aviation experience is of the academic type (ie, book-reading)!
Anyway, I was very impressed with the Europa, but while sitting in
Europa's cabin "mockup" (left side), I found that I had to pretty much
lean to the right to keep the cabin door frame out of my left
shoulder. Head room was fine, and leg room was adequate, but felt a bit
like putting my legs into hole.
This surprised me, as from all that I had read, the cabin at 44 in width
is supposed to be bigger than most. I now
regret not sitting in any of the other planes there (most had signs not
to touch), as I have nothing to compare to.
I do not remember feeling this way on my first Cessna 172 flight lesson
which was a couple weeks ago (cramped at the shoulders). I will pay
very close attention to this on my next lesson.
Could any of you provide feedback to how the Europa compares to some of
the other home-builts in the cabin
width category?? The seat width seemed fine, but the shoulder width was
not good (for me anyway).
Thanks in advance....
Eric Tauch
Plano, Texas, USA
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