Frans...delighted to hear your initial performance results...trust you
agree that the fairings haven't slowed your plane down, though I
suspect your improvements in cooling drag reduction were a
contributing factor.
Fred
On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:31 AM, Karl Heindl wrote:
> Frans,
>
> Congratulations to both of you and the test pilot. You will have a
> lot of fun with that Europa.
> A cruise of 120 knots at just over 50% power is pretty phenominal. I
> doubt that anyone can match that. It should give an excellent range
> as well. Your pioneering mods to the cooling air flow, the Klein
> wing root fairings, and the 2-bladed Woodcomp are all contributing
> to that.
>
> Karl
>
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:50:36 +0200
> > From: frans@privatepilots.nl
> > Subject: Europa-List: PH-DIY first flight!
> > To: europa-list@matronics.com
> >
> >
> > Performance:
> > The pilot was amazed at the performance of this airplane.
> > Climb was 1500ft/min with 80 knots, with the power to 100% (not
> 115%).
> > Cruise was with 4200 rpm and a manifold pressure of 28 good for 120
> > knots IAS (the airspeed indicator has been calibrated to a maximum
> > deviation of 1 knots).
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