Gidday,
Mal McLure has his endorsed here in Australia for spins, rolls, loops, and
other positive g mild manoeuvres. All others can consequently follow I
believe, although it may well be on a case by case basis. Much to my
frustration, he is using the teflon hinge pin mod that reduces the hinge
pin by 30%, on all his hinges including his rudder bottom hinge, with no
apparent problems or wear. (Its my frustration because I told him about the
mod) It does however validate previous dialogue about this mod. Having
said that, I wish he'd change the rudder hinges to the standard hinge pin,
as teflon smoothness for the rudder I wouldn't have thought was important.
He knows what I think, but his counter argument is that hinge flanges and
flanges themselves are inherently the weakest link, and will always be the
first to go.
Reg
Tony Renshaw
At 02:33 AM 5/1/2004, you wrote:
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>Ferg,
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>Not sure about regulations in the States but both in the UK and Canada
>theEuropa must be placarded with AEROBATIC MANEUVERS PROHIBITED. Has
>nothing to do with inspectors on the ground.
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>Karl
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>From: "Fergus Kyle" VE3LVO@rac.ca
>To: "EUROPALIST" europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Europa-List: Aerobatics
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:19:59 -0400
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>-- Europa-List message posted by: "Fergus Kyle" VE3LVO@rac.ca
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>"p.s. the Europa is not certified to do aerobatics, although some pilots do
>the standard positive g maneuvers like rolls and loops, but only when no-one
>is looking."
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>That may be true in Karl's parish, but does not apply in other counties. In
>some you can qualify for simple aerobatics by demonstrating before a
>qualified inspector. Some are content to watch from the ground.
>Ferg
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