>bad door design made by Europa factory
Stanislav - sorry to not have responded sooner on this; you seem to
have stirred up a lot of adverse reactions!
I agree that there are some aspects of the Europa which are not
satisfactory in service, and that there are some features which don't
appeal to everyone. However, I think we should remember that the
aircraft was designed by a very small team, to answer one person's
"wish list" for his personal ideal aircraft. Every aeroplane is a
collection of compromises flying in formation. For me, Ivan, Don and
the team made most of the right compromises in their original design,
and the fact that so many more than the original production run of 10
have been sold shows that other people agree.
I wonder what you are comparing the Europa with? Do you have much
experience of other kit aircraft? If so, which ones are better to
build than Europa and in what way?
>Europa builders are loosing time and money to correct shoddy piece
>of work made by Europa factory
I think that is an unfairly strong criticism. Many of the real
problems that emerged in the early days were corrected by the factory
free of charge. What we've got now is not shoddy work or design, but
rather refinements to a basically sound package. I have had faulty
parts (usually made by a sub-contractor, not the Europa factory)
which were replaced without question. And how many factory-built
certified aircraft go through their lives without Airworthiness
Directives or other modifications? If you want shoddy design and
implementation, how about the Cessna seat-rail lock that tried to
kill me on takeoff for my first solo? Must have been a lot more of
those sold than Europas!
>I can not understand, why Europa is doing nothing at all to correct it
From other recent postings, looks like maybe they WERE doing
something! Of course, we don't hear every little detail of all the
work that goes on. And like any commercial firm, the factory needs to
manage its resources for best outcome. It's possible that if the
factory had in the past responded to fix every single customer
complaint free of charge that they would have run out of resources to
actually continue producing kits and supporting builders - I'm sure
none of us would wish that to happen!
I feel that maybe all this is a bit like the weather in the British
Isles - we have hardly any of the awful extremes of climate endured
by many other places, but still we find plenty to moan about!
regards
Rowland
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