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rparigoris
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 Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: One of the least draggy tailwheel and spring arrangements |
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Pretty funny, just noticed one of the least draggy tailwheel and spring arrangements on a Europa. The funny thing was it was on an "unconventional" airframe!http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=39069&g2_imageViewsIndex=0Ron ParigorisBTW Bob, did you ever scrape the bottom of tailwheel spring on landing? [quote][b]
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ptag.dev(at)tiscali.co.uk
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| Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:08 am Post subject: One of the least draggy tailwheel and spring arrangements |
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Hi! Ron.
Happy New Year.
Yes I have been saved more rudder repairs than I could “shake a stick at “! However mostly, but not entirely, on bouncy grass strips on take off as well as landing as indeed Ivor Phillips the photographer will verify ! Many times I have found grass on it when landing and it makes an unmistakable grinding noise when on tarmac or concrete, the threaded end has by now a permanent chamfer ! I suppose it could be used for ploughing in a cable or even mole draining field too !!!!
I’ve often joked to enquirers that it is I my “arrester hook” for carrier landings !
However originally the aircraft was built as a mono wheel /trike convertible and I needed quite a large tail balance weight for weight and balance purposes but it is now mostly used as an attachment point for the electric winch to pull the a/c into the trailer. Which I use at both ends of a flight since unless abroad I rig and dismantle for every flight. I don’t see the reason to remove it every time.
Yes it was an unconventional airframe since it was the first Jabiru 3300 six cylinder power unit but I’ll not go there any more …it now has a 914 c/w intercooler.
Regards
Bob Harrison. G-PTAG Kit 337.
From: owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of rparigor(at)suffolk.lib.ny.us
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Subject: Europa-List: One of the least draggy tailwheel and spring arrangements
Pretty funny, just noticed one of the least draggy tailwheel and spring arrangements on a Europa. The funny thing was it was on an "unconventional" airframe!
http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=39069&g2_imageViewsIndex=0
Ron Parigoris
BTW Bob, did you ever scrape the bottom of tailwheel spring on landing? 0123456789
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