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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject: Keep on building! |
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Builders (and those who are planning to build)!
Today I performanced some X-country flying with my 88-years old uncle, who is a still operative hearth surgeon.
We had 6 legs, all together 6 hrs 23 minutes and 804 nm, with an average speed 126 knots, total fuel consumption was 117 litres, TOW was near my MTOW 1450 lbs /658 kgs (we had some heavy tools w us).
After we both feel very relaxed and my uncle stated if he were a young man again, flying should be a big part of his life. Tower men/women regularly call my Europa in radio "speedy little experimental". What a wonderful machine She is!
Those who are building - keep on that mode with stamina - the fruit will be more than suberb.
Raimo from Finland
OH-XRT, 87 hrs & 187 monolandings.
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rob(at)hyperion-ef.com
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject: Keep on building! |
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Congratulations, Raimo, on the two page article (with photos) about your
Europa in the latest EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Nice airplane!
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Irvine, CA
Europa XS Tri-Gear
A070
Airframe complete
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peterz(at)zutrasoft.com
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: Keep on building! |
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Wow, that works out to almost 36 miles/imperial gallon - impressive! (unless I made a mistake)
That is an insparational story - maybe I *will* start putting those parts sitting in my garage into tighter formation this fall after all 
(and I'm still eagerly awaiting my issue of Sport Aviation to envy Ramio's handywork)
Cheers,
Pete
A239
(still just a pile of parts)
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi (raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi)> wrote:
[quote]--> Europa-List message posted by: "Raimo Toivio" <raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi (raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi)>
Builders (and those who are planning to build)!
Today I performanced some X-country flying with my 88-years old uncle, who is a still operative hearth surgeon.
We had 6 legs, all together 6 hrs 23 minutes and 804 nm, with an average speed 126 knots, total fuel consumption was 117 litres, TOW was near my MTOW 1450 lbs /658 kgs (we had some heavy tools w us).
After we both feel very relaxed and my uncle stated if he were a young man again, flying should be a big part of his life. Tower men/women regularly call my Europa in radio "speedy little experimental". What a wonderful machine She is!
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hurstkr(at)redzone.com.au
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:17 am Post subject: Keep on building! |
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| Quote: | What a wonderful machine She is!
Those who are building - keep on that mode with stamina - the fruit will
be more than suberb.
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Raimo,
Your enthusiasm is infectious. . . . I'm presently sanding, sanding and
sanding in the hope that one day I will find out if you are telling the
truth ! and guess what ? I am building up plenty of stamina in the
meantime !
Best regards
Kingsley in Oz
do not archive
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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:06 am Post subject: Keep on building! |
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Thanks Pete and go to your shop!
Do every single day or night something, even minor things!
Keep on building mode!
Soon it will be one of the most important things in your mind day and night.
Like a positive drug - soon you cannot live with out it!
(I tried but became very sick and my wife pushed me back to the workshop)
Years will go and your baby will grow upp, step by step, almost by itself.
Until one magic moment you will notice there is more already done than there is still left to do.
117 liters /804 nm (= 117 liters /1487 km)
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26 imp g /923 miles
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1 imp g /36 miles correct ./.
That is also 7,7 liters /100 km which is like a small car w speed 60 mph = 96 kmh)
Yes- it is extremely fun but also ecological and economical way to move from A to B.
The most important factor for me is also its safety:
I am out of those crowded narrow highways and streets
which are full of other all-not-so-good-drivers. Among them there are also
drunks and idiots and what so ever like slippery surface roadworks.
When airborne - it depends you only (almost)!
And airspace in Finland is almost unlimited.
Raimo
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willie.harrison(at)tinyon
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: Keep on building! |
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Golly, Raimo. Does your wife have any sisters?
Willie
On 11 Sep 2008, at 10:21, Raimo Toivio wrote:
[quote]Thanks Pete and go to your shop!
Do every single day or night something, even minor things!
Keep on building mode!
Soon it will be one of the most important things in your mind day and night.
Like a positive drug - soon you cannot live with out it!
(I tried but became very sick and my wife pushed me back to the workshop)
Years will go and your baby will grow upp, step by step, almost by itself.
Until one magic moment you will notice there is more already done than there is still left to do.
117 liters /804 nm (= 117 liters /1487 km)
=
26 imp g /923 miles
=
1 imp g /36 miles correct ./.
That is also 7,7 liters /100 km which is like a small car w speed 60 mph = 96 kmh)
Yes- it is extremely fun but also ecological and economical way to move from A to B.
The most important factor for me is also its safety:
I am out of those crowded narrow highways and streets
which are full of other all-not-so-good-drivers. Among them there are also
drunks and idiots and what so ever like slippery surface roadworks.
When airborne - it depends you only (almost)!
And airspace in Finland is almost unlimited.
Raimo
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ptag.dev(at)tiscali.co.uk
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: Keep on building! |
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Get in the queue, Willie ! I checked that out years ago !
Regards
Bob H G-PTAG
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