Thanks for the rare longwing pirep Ian!
Please do keep them coming! do you post to social media?
Youtube/Facebook etc?
Blue skies and strong thermals,
(mutually exclusive? ;-)
Pete :)
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 3:37 AM Ian Cook <iancook_1@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Ian Cook
> G-CBHI
> Europa Mono extended wings
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> Sent from my iPhone
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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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> > Could the long wings stay up on a good thermal day?
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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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> >> Read this topic online here:
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> >> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=489323#489323
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