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milneab(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: Would like to buy an XS monowheel...............Am I mad or

Obviously mad.  What you need is a new Trigear  so that you can play at being a biggy on all those hard runways we tour  to.    My G CBYN tri is for sale!

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paul.the.aviator(at)gmail
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: Would like to buy an XS monowheel...............Am I mad or

Hi all,



I am always intrigued by this perennial debate and I rarely

participate, however Nigel's comments made me think about the question

in a different context.



When I purchased my kit, (way back when) I was living in Australia at

the time and the Europa Mono wheel  had a couple of important

attributes I needed, it would work off unimproved fields, and it

fitted on a pretty neat trailer fairly quickly so I could keep it at

home. When Ivan and friends designed this aircraft that is what its

mission statement was.



I remember thinking at the time, "well it looks a lot like some

gliders I have flown so it can't be all that hard to land".  Well I

suppose with experience I know that assumption is wrong.



How hard is it?.  I am having an interesting experience of teaching my

daughter to handle the aircraft in the landing ground roll out phase

and it made be realize that this is just an airplane that "keeps you

honest".



It is not until you teach and watch someone else that it becomes

apparent that the airplane demands accuracy from the down wind phase

until you have stopped.  Nail the speeds and aim point and it all

falls into place, and the airplane has such nice aerodynamic qualities

that it isn't difficult to do any of this, it is just that it if you

don't pay attention to the basics then you start to fall behind.



The other interesting point Nigel makes is, once you move into the

Trigear category, then there are a lot of contenders to choose from,

and the differentiating attributes of a Europa become significantly

smaller. This is what makes the Europa mono wheel some what unique, it

meets its design criteria very well without many competing designs.



So which airplane is best, in my opinion, it comes down to your

mission statement.



Paul N378PJ

860 hours and still grinning every time I fly it.

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