I am sorry to say that Rudiger Klink had a accident recently in his Europa and
it is badly damaged.
He was only slightly hurt and very lucky.
Apparently, shortly after take off the variable pitch propeller mechanism was
damaged and the blades went into feather.
The subsequent 'landing' was very hard and the plane is almost certainly a write
off.
The propeller was an Arplast but I am told that the drive motor was used in some
way to center the spinner (a classic). The motor mounting bolts must have taken
some unbalanced loads, became loose and the whole assembly failed.
I hope that the version above is correct and when I get to speak with Rudiger I
will tell you if it is not.
Best regards
Barry Tennant
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