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From: "Steve Hagar" <hagargs@earthlink.net>
Subject: *** SPAM *** Europa-List: 914 Filter & Oshkosh
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> While I had my lower cowling off to give it bigger nostrils up front for
> better cooling I took note how nice it would be to have a feature inside
> to register against the end of the air filter. I haven't started the
> motor yet but have noticed that the filter attachment could be
> problematic. I have had it loosen up after sitting for months in the
> garage. No doubt some sort of creep or flow going on with the material.
> Now if the lower cowling had a flat surfaced feature to butt against the
> end of the air filter the clamp would only have to suffice for a seal and
> not as an attachment device for a cantilever. Has anyone done this yet?
> If you have found an elegant way to get the right dimension give me a
> heads up. If I don't hear from anyone I'll have to go to my old standby
> for figuring it out. I do my best thinnking on this type of issue by
> wandering up and down the aisles of Home Depot. Looking at all the stuff
> on the shelves and racks eventually sets the lighbulb off
> on how to custom fab something. I have made some very passable outrigger /
> landing light fairing molds out of adhesive backed foam and electrical
> tape gathered on my wanderings.
>
> The trip out to Oshkosh and back in E. Trombley's Europa reconfirmed that
> I made a good decision to go with the Europa and also to go for the 914.
> The seating was more comfortable than my car (I'm 6 ft, 200#) my back
> gets stiff in the car, I was not stiff after 4 hr legs in the plane. My
> seats were modeled after Erich's after he sent me some photos. With the
> wing leveler turned on we could have slept most of the way home. Weather
> was bad on the way there had to fly real low and had to watch out for
> nasty stuff like real tall TV towers rising terrain etc. The engine
> hummed like a sewing machine all trip. We probably could have done it in
> a day if the weather was good and got a real early start.
>
> The turbo adds a startling amount of versatility, on the the trip back
> home we were at 6500 ft. indicating 120 kts airspeed and 80 kts gps ground
> speed. We elevatored up to 14500 ft. looking for more favorable winds
> and eventually found a spot where we got about 130 kts groundspeed. Going
> over the Rockies was just a short jump. All this on about a 5 gal/hr
> burn rate, with a fixed pitch prop and with the outriggers down.
> (electrically actuated that fold completely inboard into the wing but
> left down because of burned out motor).
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> The trip was just what I needed to get kicked in gear to finish N40SH.
> Perhaps it will be ready to fly to Sun n Fun in primer?
>
> Steve Hagar
> Mesa, AZ
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> Steve Hagar
> hagargs@earthlink.net
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