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frans(at)paardnatuurlijk.
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 Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject: The Europa Weight Competition (please do not take seriousl |
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Raimo,
| Quote: | My reasons (almost free order):
9) sounds grazy but I wanted to use money (yes - an el. horizon was more than Dynon but do not tell to my wife)
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Well, I agree with almost every single point, except for this one. Got a
marvel from eBay, a nice coloured attitude indicator from some airliner,
fully overhauled, has been stored in a controlled environment, and when
the company decided to go to glass, they sold the whole lot. Got it for
100$, looks like new, is like new. Has a fast erect/cage button. I only
had to build a 3-phase 400Hz 115VAC inverter to run these kind of
things, and with its own weight of 200 grams it is not too bad. Power
consumption is very reasonable with 3 Amps during spool up of the gyro,
and 0.6 Amps when fully established up to speed.
Apart from the good reliability/affordability ratio, I also had
tremendous fun experimenting with all this stuff. 
| Quote: | Frans: when there is nothing anymore to improve our Europas - letīs plan to make aluminium custom made experimental stick grips - like in Hornet F18s but much lighter
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Good idea!
| Quote: | My 5 switches are all illegal: two of them have a specific purpose (which is illegal but fun).
Two of them have (very illegal - so illegal that I cannot publish so far) plans for future winters.
Just one is so far extra. But I promise some day it also will be strightly illegal.
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Oww. I envision another contest: what illegal features can you put into
your airplane?
1) Sound! Yell to the neighbours. Or fly low over a crowded street and
emit a machine gun sound and see what happens. Gives a whole new
dimension to flying! The possibilities are endless, and for sure a
source of great fun.
2) A fuel dump. When you have to make a forced landing, better get rid
of the fuel first. Probably illegal, but might save your life.
3) A dropping bay. For water balloons (very innocent), paint balloons
(somewhat less innocent) or possibly even less innocent stuff.
But you have still more switches. What am I missing?
| Quote: | Frans: a little tip for you. Do paint your pedals to black.
So they disappear nicely.
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Have been thinking about that, but because of their nature, paint will
probably wear off quickly at some points, leaving something that looks
very ugly.
| Quote: | Please find and look LAA issue # June - so you will find out what I mean.
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Where can I find that?
| Quote: | My enlightened guess is your weight will be +420 kg /924 lbs - letīs see.
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I would be happy if that were true. Oh, it is a tri-gear as well. With
metal nose gear springs. And of course fairings.
| Quote: | Also - leather interior could easily be many kilos lighter - it took three fullgrown hartebeestskin to complete it.
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Well, here I tried to use the leather tactically, only on places where
you can see it. The black stuff (on the ceiling, and most of the bagage
bay) is very light weight.
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Frans Veldman
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mz(at)cariama.nl
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: The Europa Weight Competition (please do not take seriousl |
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Hi Frans,
| Quote: | > Please find and look LAA issue # June - so you will find out what I
mean.
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| Quote: | Where can I find that?
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I have it, will bring it along when I come to visit you shortly.
Marcel
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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:43 am Post subject: The Europa Weight Competition (please do not take seriousl |
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Frans
| Quote: | 9) sounds grazy but I wanted to use money (yes - an el. horizon was more than Dynon but do not tell to my wife)
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Well, I agree with almost every single point, except for this one.
*Well as I wrote - it is grazy - but I did like to make a little treasure - also concretically.
*Not a good investment but made and make me happy.
*More than ANY painting or ordinary art for example.
*This is my art made by myself - and it is not hanging in the safe.
*It is easy to use money to the plane:
*I give one tip: my register plate OH-XRT on the panel is 24 carat gold (do not tell anyone).
*That is also a reserve fund for emergency: if I loose money somewhere in a faraway country,
*I can take it, sell it and get money for one night in a hotell, one good meal and a full tank.
| Quote: | My 5 switches are all illegal: two of them have a specific purpose (which is illegal but fun).
Two of them have (very illegal - so illegal that I cannot publish so far) plans for future winters.
Just one is so far extra. But I promise some day it also will be strightly illegal.
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Oww. I envision another contest: what illegal features can you put into
your airplane?
1) Sound! Yell to the neighbours. Or fly low over a crowded street and
emit a machine gun sound and see what happens. Gives a whole new
dimension to flying! The possibilities are endless, and for sure a
source of great fun.
*Correct: in fact I have a siren and a compressor horn. For example when I fly over my home and give some horn, *my wife knows there he is and he coming soon home and she will start to make some dinner and maybe some other *fun if I am lucky.. OK? Also, I never scream "clear prop" - I warn people by shorn. Once there were about *hundred of reindeers laying just over runway. I could not land but after low pass with siren they run away. That was *in "Aavahelukka" non-towered airport in Lappland. Siren is also for burglar alarm and so.
*Frans - American boys do produce gas-operated machine guns with real noise and flames!
*They are for movies and displays. I was VERY interested but those are unfortunately too heavy.
*Just imagine: you are doing a fast low pass over main street operating your "machine gun".
*Your friend is there and he is explodeing some little new year bombs same time in the waste boxes or so..
*What a spectacle!
2) A fuel dump. When you have to make a forced landing, better get rid
of the fuel first. Probably illegal, but might save your life.
*No but exellent idea. Unfortunately I think it must be legal. Why not? It is just for aviation safety.
3) A dropping bay. For water balloons (very innocent), paint balloons
(somewhat less innocent) or possibly even less innocent stuff.
*Correct. Thatīs a plan only so far. Drobbing bombs. Black rubber water bombs. Drobbing shit. Dropping sweets to *children. I have done it once through Cessnaīs window and it was fun. Dropping leaflets and handbills. There is a *nice place under the stbd side back seat you know (my accu is fore). Everything is there. Just missing a round hole
*(4") and an openable door (by trimming servo).
But you have still more switches. What am I missing?
*I have illegal lights like 360 degrees white light on the finīs top. I call it "ramp & courtecy light" and that is for *reading map over tailplane during night or so. I have also blinking red and green high bright leds on the finīs sides
*(they have unic history but I cannot tell it here).
| Quote: | Frans: a little tip for you. Do paint your pedals to black.
So they disappear nicely.
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Have been thinking about that, but because of their nature, paint will
probably wear off quickly at some points, leaving something that looks
very ugly.
*Paint them black and glue some rubber strips over "T" shape. However if you make a quality paint, wearing will not *be a problem. They are anyway alwaysunder shadow.
| Quote: | Please find and look LAA issue # June - so you will find out what I mean.
Where can I find that?
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* - Your friend will bring it to you soon!
*Raimo OH-XRT
- flying tomorrow to Visingsjö to Europa Aircraft - Nord Fly-in 2009 to Sweden
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