Hi all,
I am speaking from 200 hrs experience on my little tri-gear other
women ( G-OKEV ) & have landed & departed with my cherished mono buddies
many WET/ BUMPY/uphill/downhill/atdawn/atdusk/uk/foreign grass trips, even
Bill Wynne's (lololololol) sorry Bill, and would have to say that Ivan & co
got it right in this department also.As for my speed/ performance, am I that
much slower? ask the mono guys.Regarding performance and reliability of the
Rotax 80bhp 912 engines Rowland Carson has probably got some numbers for
the fleet that he could maybe publish please?mine has never GUFFED once and
starts first time, is there another faintly near? even in the distant
future?
Regards to all
Kevin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Charles" <72016.3721@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Squirrely handling
> Message text written by "Garry Stout"
> >Or................you could build a tri gear Europa and be done with all
> of
> that squirrely handling stuff.
> <
>
> Trigears also have their limitations. They are less capable on grass
strips
> particularly if the ground is soft or uneven. This may not be such a
> problem in the USA but here in the UK there are many strips which it would
> be unwise to take a trigear into but are used by monowheel Europas
> regularly. Remember that the Europa came about when Ivan Shaw found that
> operating Varieaze/Longeaze aircraft in Europe and in UK in particular was
> very restricting due to the lack of suitable fields. The Europa has proved
> to be a good enough aircraft to compete in the trigear marketplace but
lets
> not forget that its design was based around the idea of combining strip
> performance with clean efficient cruise capability. Provided the
> builder/owner accepts that it is not a beginner's aircraft it is still
> probably the best aircraft for this purpose nearly a decade after the
> concept was thought of.
>
> Nigel Charles
>
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