You are, of course, missing the point. Just because someone has done
aerobatics in a plane doesn't make it safe for you to do so.
There are two issues. First, the additional 1.5X factor appears to be
there because of the variability of strength from build to build. i.e.:
your plane may not be as strong as the prototype.
Second, we all watch Bob Hoover perform aerobatics in non aerobatic
planes. He is precise enough to not over stress the plane. As an
article I read said, "He can and you can't".
---From the technical information I have gotten so far, it would be
foolhardy for the average aerobatic pilot to try aerobatics in the
Europa.
Bob Collins
Sunnyvale CA
Trevor Dance wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The Latest Europa video with aerobatics most definately was filmed over
> Yorkshire in the UK.
> My USA demo in 1996 with them involved rolls as did the one last year in
> the XS over Yorkshire
> having said this, a 707 was capable of a 1g roll, hardly aerobatics really.
>
> The problem does not seem to be the Aircraft but the country, the
> constrictive regulation, closing of airfields and general anti-aviation
> attitude is one reason I left England and moved to New Zealand where I will
> build a Europa some time in the not too distant future.
>
> Having seen pictures of the incredible G loading tests that were done
> statically with weighted sacks on the wings, I feel confident that the
> wings are not going to fall off under the Aerobatics carried out in the
> sportsman category. However, I would be interested in what Europa consider
> safe both according to the regs and according to engineering logic.
>
> Regards
> Trevor Dance
> Auckland NZ
>
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