Thanks Glenn, for going where none of us dare travel! You have given me
a possible look at my future after 500 plus hours on my 912-S. Perhaps
I too could persuade myself to live in such boredom. Please keep us all
posted on test flights, speeds, CG's etc. so that we can continue
sending you our best condolences. Be careful pushing that envelope.
Your The Man!
Jeff
A258 Enjoying Flying when I have time.
On Apr 7, 2006, at 10:09 AM, GLENN CROWDER wrote:
> <gcrowder2@hotmail.com>
>
> I have just added a photo album of the Subaru install on my bird,
> hoping
> that someone
> will take pity on the porky tired old girl and do a proper Rotax
> conversion
> on her.
> This slothful Jap powered misfit barely ekes out 185 mph even with a
> new
> larger TBI
> with ram air and roller cam. This is fully 15 miles shy of what the R
> powered birds do, according to Europa literature. Very disheartening!
> After this severe flogging, the oil temps reach a scalding 210
> degrees and
> the engine
> screams for mercy, demanding to return to the aerodrome to catch its
> breath.
> Unfortunately,
> this wretched craft demands landing in the turf next to the paved
> runway, as
> the
> vicious handling of the monowheel coupled with the extreme forward CG
> of the
> Soob install
> can require an occasional slight dab of the rudder pedals to keep
> straight,
> not good for the occasional TG pilot trying to touch down on the
> macadam.
> Takeoffs and climbouts are very dicey with this engine as well, as
> one can
> see nothing
> over the nose going up at 1300 feet per minute. Passenger carrying
> ability
> is severely impaired
> as climb rate deteriorates to an unacceptable 1000 feet per minute
> with a
> 250 lb lump
> in the right seat.
> The Soob engine is inherently unfit for aviation as it demands no
> input
> from the pilot other
> than turning the starter key and applying the throttle. So many times
> I
> have pulled her
> cowling, hoping for something to do mechanically but alas, nothing. I
> look
> forward longingly
> to the annual oil and filter change, to try and create some kind of
> mechanical union with
> the beast but it wants nothing from me except some occasional fuel.
> This
> bird screams for a
> proper $25K Rotax aeromotor, so that the owner pilot can involve
> him/herself
> with mechanical bits such as sticking wastegates, balky starters and
> out of
> sync carbs. I feel so alone. I need
> involvement!
> Please, any reasonable offer considered! AF!
>
> http://www.europaowners.org/modules.php?
> set_albumName=EuropaSoob&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=vie
> w_album.php
>
> Glenn
>
>
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