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Re: Europa-List: Monowheel designs... any others out there?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Monowheel designs... any others out there?
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:12:02

Fred Klein wrote:
>
>     Just as a matter of interest could I turn a Mono on my short, very
>     bumpy, grass strip (max 20' wide with no turning area) after
>     backtracking in a strong wind.  I sometimes have trouble with my
>     trike using full braking on one wheel! 
>
>
> !!.../touche'/...that needle do twist nicely.../ouch/...always nice to 
> recognise the depth of our commitment to our respective 
> decisions...pity we tend to cloak ourselves in claims of rationality 
> for what is, IMO, an essentially irrational enterprise...but I love 
> this thread which again, IMO, celebrates the extreme flexibility of a 
> wonderful airframe which sees such variety (mono, trigear, 
> conventional taildragger, short wings/long wings, Rotax, Soobs, Jabs, 
> CAM/Honda, Smart Brabus, O-200, and what next?)
>
> Fred
> A194 
look forward to hearing how your shapely wing fillets perform, Fred :-)
Graham



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