I had an hour soaring yesterday which was classic gliding day in the UK. A
couple
of 5 Knot average climbs up to 5000 ft, I could have done a lot more if I
had gone earlier. My main concern is not having a one piece canopy. Visibility
is not good enough to join other gliders which I find limiting. The short
fuselage,
large powerful all flying tail plane and long wing make tight circling
hard work as it is easy to get large attitude changes. I am still learning, I
have only done 50km engine off so far, but much more is possible. I have only
just fitted an audio vario, flight computer, and O2 system to go wave flying in
Wales. So looking forward to that.
Ian Cook
G-CBHI
Europa Mono extended wings
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> On 21 May 2019, at 21:58, Pete <peterz@zutrasoft.com> wrote:
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> Hi John,
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> Cheers,
> Pete
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>> On May 21, 2019, at 4:00 PM, John Roedseth <roedseth@pt.lu> wrote:
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>> Hi Clive & Europa Fans! I have a Tri-gear Motorglider LX-CWT, which I have
>> been
flying about 300+ hours since 2011. I bought it in 2009 as a mono-wheel, made
a couple of flights, before rebuilding to tri-gear. There was an article
in the Europa Flyer in the last edition before last Xmas about my experience
with
the motorglider.
>> I have a hangar space for LX-CWT, and as the plane did not fit anymore, I
>> sold
the trailer to Ian Cook. The trailer was made by Anschau in Germany, who
probably
still have the drawings if you need one made.
>> My experiences with the motorglider are largely positive. It will never be a
high performance sailplane, but offers fun and above all, it is a very
economical
touring plane. Not as fast as the short wing, but with 110-115 knots cruise
and 13 to 15 liters per hour, who cares? John
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