Or his wiring of the BMW engine, to be precise.
Duncan McF.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Singleton" <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Taildragger conversion battery position.
> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>
> A couple of thousand folks have flown legs made of S glass on EZs with no
> problem at all. Stefan had a very steep learning curve and AFAIK didn't
> quite make it over the top.I have to say though that his BMW engine had a
> lot to do with that.
> Graham
>
> Duncan & Ami McFadyean wrote:
>
>> <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
>>
>> Stefan Rouvenet in Switzerland developed and flew a leg that was
>> constructed
>> from glass. But it was too 'soggy'.
>>
>> Duncan McF
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>>
>>>>
>>>> Graham,
>>>>
>>>> Oh really? I'll check that out. I tend to agree about the carbon hoop
>>>> being too stiff and I'm rebuilding G-SYCO that was written off due to
>>>> an
>>>> accident involving a broken leg. I think the taildragger mod is a
>>>> really
>>>> nice design but the stiffness of the leg and lack of availability mean
>>>> that it has some downsides. I wonder if the Swiss mod could be
>>>> developed
>>>> with a new hoop with reduced stiffness? The alternative that you
>>>> suggest
>>>> sounds promising. Apparently Europa were thinking about developing a
>>>> mod
>>>> but nothing was ever produced. I wonder what their solution would have
>>>> been?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Phil
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