>What I'm very interested in, is has anyone flown both a Europa monowheel
and >a Europa tricycle gear plane? If so, what is the performance
comparison? >Since I'm a US builder, I'm naturally interested in speed. My
tricycle gear >Europa is about 90% complete, with a Rotax 914 engine. Can
anyone estimate >what kind of speed I'll be getting?
The word from the couple of tri-gear Europas flying is that if you fit spats
on the wheels you will probably only drop up to around 5 knots on your
cruise speed from a similarly powered Europa.
Dave Watts 'XDY
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