Chris
My son has the Europa for about a week. Once its back in the hanger I will
measure
clearance and advise the forum.
Jim
Chris Beck wrote:
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> Jim Brown wrote:
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> >
> >I would also suggest, to those of you who want to "TRY" to wheel land a mono
> >wheel, you need to do one thing first. With the engine off, have a friend or
> >helper raise the tail to normal flight attitude, then take a look at how
> >close
the
> >prop is to the ground or pavement. One bounce on landing, and you may be
> >buying
> >new prop blades.
> >
> >The center of gravity is behind the mono wheel, which will make the tail drop
> >down, as soon as the wheel touches the runway, if you counter with some
> >forward
> >stick, re-read the above paragraph.
> >
> >
> >
> Jim, what sort of clearance are we talking about?? 2"? 6"? I've got a
> mile on the 140. I'd have to be looking straight at the dirt to get the
> prop grounded.
>
> Regarding the C of G, it's the same issue on any taildragger. It's
> behind the mains, which causes the tail to drop when landing due to the
> inertia. Trick is to zero out the rate of descent just as the mains
> touch, then nail it with that bit of forward stick (as I'm sure you know
> very well from the Pitts). Again, is it strictly a prop clearance issue
> that prevents wheelies in the monowheel? Has this been beaten to death
> in the past where I can look it up in the archives?
>
> I'm just very curious about the mechanics of landing a monowheel. I've
> flown in a few different ones (a Classic and an XS). Now that I'm
> flying a tailwheel plan, I understand a lot more of what's going on.
>
> Chris
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