With "..a good conventional gear..." there is 17" of prop-ground clearance
(using Classic engine mount, 64" prop and later-style tailwheel).
So there!
Duncan McF.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Charles" <nigelcharles@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: New Tailwheel, old engine mount???????
<nigelcharles@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> >There must be a clearance of at least 180mm (for each aeroplane with a
> nosewheel landing gear) or 230mm (for each aeroplane with a tail wheel
> landing gear) between each propeller and the ground with the landing
> gear statically deflected and in the level, normal take-off, or taxying
> attitude, whichever is most critical. In addition, for each aeroplane
> with conventional landing gear struts using fluid or mechanical means
> for absorbing landing shocks, there must be a positive clearance between
> the propeller and the ground in level take-off attitude with the
> critical tyre completely deflated and the corresponding landing gear
> fully bottomed. Positive clearance for aeroplanes using leaf spring
> struts is shown with a deflection corresponding to 1.5g.
> .......the rest concerns water and airframe clearance.
>
> I have not measured a standard Europa and cannot comment on its
> compliance with these regs, but the relentless procession of silent and
> humbled pilots making their way to their nearest Warpdrive dealers leads
> me to suspect that it might not :-(
> What we need is a good "conventional gear" ;-)
>
> .......light blue touch paper....and stand well clear<
>
> I measured the ground clearance on my Classic with 64" blades and the same
> on an XS. They came out at 11" and 12" respectively. There is likely to be
> slight variation between individual aircraft but this indicates that
either
> conforms with JAR's.
>
> Nigel Charles
>
>
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