Yes to both.
(914 and Airmaster Prop)
regards,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Stewart" <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Additional thoughts on wing root fairings
<alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
>
>
> I'm not convinced either.
>
> I've believed for some time that the aircraft is near to its practical
> performance limits, taking into account engine power, fuselage and wing
> design and weight. Theoretical claims are easy to make, but more
> difficult to substantiate. I'm impressed if the figure is truly 130kts
> TAS at 18 litres/hr (low altitude), and would have considered around
> 120kts+ on a 912 to be approximately right at just over 5000RPM at
> 18l/hr. Do you have a VP prop or a different engine ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Parkin
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Additional thoughts on wing root fairings
>
>
> --> <Mikenjulie.Parkin@btopenworld.com>
>
> Fred,
>
> I am not convinced that the performance could be significantly improved
> with a change of wing fillet.
>
> Having just returned from the EAS Fly-in in Switzerland, travelling
> along at 130 knots IAS on 18 lts/hr and leaving most spamcans behind in
> the French dust I am not sure the effort would be worth the final
> result.
>
> The phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" springs to mind.
>
> regards,
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred R. Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Europa-List: Additional thoughts on wing root fairings
>
>
> <fklein@orcasonline.com>
> >
> > Still, I can't help but believe that cruise speed and fuel economy
> > could
> be
> > significantly enhanced with the proper aerodynamic transition between
> > fuselage and wing. So I'm thinking about a really big
> > fairing/fillet...I want to see that trailing edge of the wing sweep
> > aft along the fuselage in
> a
> > quarter of an elipse with a half-major axis of say 30 inches and a
> > half-minor axis of say 24 inches, with a generous curvature between
> fuselage and wing.
> > Hopefully,
> >
> > Fred Klein, A-194
> >
> >
>
>
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