This thread (previously "2002 Europa XS Mono Wheel for Sale) on a
Europa's buoyancy intrigues a pilot who lives on an island and expects
his XS to fly over water frequently...enough so to consider the
possibility of injecting (non-expanding) foam into the voids forward of
the wing spar.
I will do some research w/ a specialty insulation contractor who has
the equipment to do such a thing and report back.
Any initial comments?
Fred
A194
On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 01:55 PM, ivor.phillips wrote:
> <ivor.phillips@ntlworld.com>
>
> It was a Grob Motor glider!
> http://www.sarangan.org/europa_forum/1996-09/msg00139.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Duncan &
> Ami
> McFadyean
> Sent: 09 January 2007 20:01
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: 2002 Europa XS Mono Wheel for Sale
>
> <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> <<they recovered it by towing it the wrong way>>
>
> That may have been a Katana.
> It had the flaps down when it was towed the wrong way, which removed
> the
> flaps!
>
> I guess the Classic would float until such time as the hollowed out
> foam
> cores had flooded. The weight of the engine would probably result in
> the a/c
>
> floating nose down with the tail out of the water; so no buoyancy
> contribution from that.
>
> A Cessna 152 takes 17 minutes to sink (i.e. for all of the trapped air
> to
> escape).
>
> Duncan McF.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.C.Harrison" <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:45 PM
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: 2002 Europa XS Mono Wheel for Sale
>
>
>> <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
>>
>> Hi! Bob
>> I'd expect the Classic foam wings to float but no chance of the XS
>> floating!
>> There was one once floated that ditched off Alderney until they
>> recovered it by towing it the wrong way then had to tow it the
>> opposite
>> way (can't remember which way but I think it was successfully towed
>> forwards?) perhaps someone can confirm ? It could be a useful bit of
>> information to have stored one day !
>> Regards
>> Bob Harrison
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
>> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bob
>> Hitchcock
>> Sent: 07 January 2007 09:50
>> To: europa-list@matronics.com
>> Subject: Re: Europa-List: 2002 Europa XS Mono Wheel for Sale
>>
>> <robert.hitchcock@virgin.net>
>>
>> It definitely does float then? Two quality life-jackets, no life
>> raft..............
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bob
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Graham Singleton" <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 5:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: Europa-List: 2002 Europa XS Mono Wheel for Sale
>>
>>
>>> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>>>
>>> RV7 ?
>>> Would it be possible to cross the Atlantic or the Pacific with an RV7
>> and
>>> would it float if the fan stopped? Cost of gas when Putin has it all?
>>> Graham
>>>
>>> Garry wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steve,
>>>> Jim Nelson, Jim Brown, Marvin Alvarez, myself and many other early
>> Europa
>>>> builders have chosen to go with Vans RV-7's. Contact me off list
>>>> for
>>
>>>> details. I still have my Europa and still love it though.
>>>> Garry Stout
>>>> 914 Trigear
>>>>
>>>> *
>
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