Troy=0A=0AHaving lived in Spruce Pine back in the 70's, Augustene and I kne
w something good was going to happen in Western North Carolina...Soon.=0A
=0AThen we saw the notice that you had "your first flight" !!!!!! Made our
day....Your day in the sunshine is here... It just keeps getting better...A
ll the hard work, weekend's-working on a pile of fiberglass. the doubt th
at this thing is never going to be finished. Well that is now in the past..
=0A=0A"Grace is going to be calling every day, that its VFR, lets go flying
...You have taken on a powerful mistress which cannot be ignored.....=0A=0A
HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!!!=0A=0AJim and Augustene=0A=0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A____________
____________________=0AFrom: Troy Maynor <wingnut54@charter.net>=0ATo: euro
pa-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Sat, April 3, 2010 5:43:27 PM=0ASubject: Euro
pa-List: Left the Nest Today=0A=0A=0A=0AHello Friends and Fellow Aviators,
broke the surly bonds of Earth and lept into the air on it's maiden voyage.
Well, actually the voyage was just orbiting the airport but she did so ver
y well. I was amazed at the short take off, maybe 500 ft someone said. I do
n't know, I was too busy. I climbed to 5000 ft and the temps and pressures
were well with the limits for the whole flight which lasted 35 minutes. I d
id some manuevers and stalls. No drama except for a left wing-drop deep i
nto the stall-in dirty configuration. Mostly just mushed. -I need a rud
der trim tab, need to tighten the tail wheel cables, and recheck the weight
and balance. (I needed a bit too much nose down trim for straight and leve
l.) -But all in all I am very happy. It went well today. I was worried ab
out the weather. The wind had picked up from earlier in the week, but I cou
ldn't take off work. Turns out that winds were at just 6-10 knots almost st
raight
down the runway. =0AFor the records: It is kit number UK 120, weighed in a
t 850 lbs, Rotax 912S. Build hours were in excess of 4000, (a lot of mods,
plus I'm slow). So now to debug it and enjoy it at long last. =0AI want to
thank each and everyone that has contributed ideas, helped solve problems a
nd encouraged me to keep on keeping on during the long journey of building.
It feels great to be up there pushing that stick around and have her respo
nd so gracefully. That's it! Her name will be Grace...after my mom. See yal
l,=0A-=0ATroy Maynor=0AEuropa Monowheel Classic=0AFlying=0A=0A=0A
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