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thomas(at)scherer.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: knocking on heaven's door

Hi everybody,



this morning I took N81EU a Europa classic with Rotax 912ul, short wings up 

to 17,700 ft above Los Angeles, CA. Climb rate was still 110 ft in clear 

air. IAS was 74 knots ground temp at departure point (KCCB) was 96 deg F. 

(No OAT installed).



Oil temps were high (250 deg F) up to 7000 ft and came down in the higher, 

cooler air.



Lately I have installed a cold air supply from a NACA scoop on the lower 

starboard cowling feeding a homebuilt airbox mounted to the bing 

carburators. The cooler installation now features dual oil coolers in 

series.



This might be a new high for a 912ul in a Europa without glider wings.



I shall now start constructing some sort of air-compression device and try 

for higher. I was 300 ft below Airspace A with views ranging from Palm 

Springs to the SoCal Pacific ocean coast.



The climb took 2 hrs and she used 36 litres of fuel. RPM at max alt was 5400 

RPM. (prop is an Airmaster with 73 inch diameter).



Happy landings !



<Thomas, N81EU>

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gdh(at)isp.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: knocking on heaven's door

Thomas,

Congratulations on your altitude accomplishment, very impressive.

Regards,

Dale

P.S. Don't  forget, I still have your vibration monitor.

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kheindl(at)msn.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject: knocking on heaven's door

Thomas,



Can you please confirm that your prop is 73" and not 63". The ground 

clearance would be very limited.



Thanks,  Karl





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		  From: "Thomas Scherer" <thomas(at)scherer.com>

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Subject: knocking on heaven's door

Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:41:50 -0700






Hi everybody,



this morning I took N81EU a Europa classic with Rotax 912ul, short wings up 

to 17,700 ft above Los Angeles, CA. Climb rate was still 110 ft in clear 

air. IAS was 74 knots ground temp at departure point (KCCB) was 96 deg F. 

(No OAT installed).



Oil temps were high (250 deg F) up to 7000 ft and came down in the higher, 

cooler air.



Lately I have installed a cold air supply from a NACA scoop on the lower 

starboard cowling feeding a homebuilt airbox mounted to the bing 

carburators. The cooler installation now features dual oil coolers in 

series.



This might be a new high for a 912ul in a Europa without glider wings.



I shall now start constructing some sort of air-compression device and try 

for higher. I was 300 ft below Airspace A with views ranging from Palm 

Springs to the SoCal Pacific ocean coast.



The climb took 2 hrs and she used 36 litres of fuel. RPM at max alt was 

5400 RPM. (prop is an Airmaster with 73 inch diameter).



Happy landings !



<Thomas, N81EU>



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thomas(at)scherer.com
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: knocking on heaven's door

Karl,



my fault. I guess one should refrain from writing eMails within minutes after landing due to lack of oxygen to the brain.



I have two sets of blades: 64 and 73. I did fly the short ones yesterday. With the long blades (73 inch wide blade-tips) the ground clearance is 14 cm on my Trigear. Back-taxi is impossible: the prop would chop the fairing and tyre.



be well,



<Thomas>

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