Kim's is *not* a "show aircraft", and was not "built by professionals". Kim
is a firefighter, and built the plane in his spare time with the help of
some friends, none of whom are professional builders. His professional
relationship with Europa came after he completed the plane. The plane is
very well built, although as Kim would be the first to tell you it is not
show quality and was never intended to be. He built it for lightness. Show
winners tend to be heavy, as they have all kinds of extra filler. Kim even
used only a single finish coat of paint on the bottom of the wings, to save
weight.
By all means, poke and prod your way around all the Europas at Lakeland
(with the owner's permissions, of course).
David
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Subject: Sun-N-Fun Attendees
I was just wondering how many Europa builders are going to bring their
masterpieces to Sun-N-Fun this year. I have flown with KP in N111EU, but
that
is a "show aircraft" that was built by professionals. I think it would be
interesting to see what the real world comes up with when done by someone
more
like myself.
Also as I have yet to acquire a place to build my own (money burning a hole
in
my pocket) it would be nice to see what the E-Mails about all these mods,
hinges, bellcranks, cable slapping, etc. are really talking about.
Also maybe looking forward to meeting some of the authors of all the
discussions going on lately.
I'll be the one in the red Coca-Cola hat written in Russian.
Mike Duane, RHV, San Jose, Calif.
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RE: Sun-N-Fun Attendees
Kim's is *not* a show aircraft, and was not built by professionals. Kim is a
firefighter,
and built the plane in his spare time with the help of some friends,
none of whom are professional builders. His professional relationship with
Europa
came after he completed the plane. The plane is very well built, although
as Kim would be the first to tell you it is not show quality and was never
intended
to be. He built it for lightness. Show winners tend to be heavy, as they
have all kinds of extra filler. Kim even used only a single finish coat of
paint on the bottom of the wings, to save weight.
By all means, poke and prod your way around all the Europas at Lakeland (with
the
owner's permissions, of course).
David
-----Original Message-----
From: DuaneFamly@aol.com [<A HREF"mailto:DuaneFamly@aol.com";
TARGET"_blank">mailto:DuaneFamly@aol.com]
Subject: Sun-N-Fun Attendees
I was just wondering how many Europa builders are going to bring their
masterpieces to Sun-N-Fun this year. I have flown with KP in N111EU, but that
is a show aircraft that was built by professionals. I think it would be
interesting to see what the real world comes up with when done by someone more
like myself.
Also as I have yet to acquire a place to build my own (money burning a hole in
my pocket) it would be nice to see what the E-Mails about all these mods,
hinges, bellcranks, cable slapping, etc. are really talking about.
Also maybe looking forward to meeting some of the authors of all the
discussions going on lately.
I'll be the one in the red Coca-Cola hat written in Russian.
Mike Duane, RHV, San Jose, Calif.
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