Congratulations Ilona and Frans!
What a wonderful life experience to build a plane together and doing it in the
farmers house surrounded by rich nature and horses.
I noticed you have changed the harness upper attachment point AND the harness type
for quick release.
That is a good investment for safety.
Raimo OH-XRT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frans Veldman" <frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl>
To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: PH-DIY
> Hi fellow builders,
>
> After numerous inquiries for pictures of our almost finished bird, I
> decided to send them via the list. (The gallery didn't work).
>
> Pictures are preliminary, as we are sure to produce better ones when we
> finally get some sunshine again.
>
> Apart from that it is "just another Europa", there are a few things
> worth noticing on this airplane:
> - It is a "stealth" high top. It has nor the aquarium style front
> window, nor the blown up upper cowling (not intended to insult anyone
> with a different taste of course!). This is "halfway between mod 64A and
> mod 64B".
> - We did some rigorous things with the cooling duct. We used the
> standard radiators, but with a diffuser and expansion area, and a
> movable cowl flap. On the pictures the cowl flap is closed.
> - On the nose of the cowling there are two naca ducts with a shroud
> exactly aimed at the cylinders, to get a stream of air from top of the
> engine downwards, instead of a stream of air from the front to
> downwards. The front inlets are intended to be used by landing lights,
> but we will leave them open until we have done some tests in flight.
> - The nose wheel shaft is extended by 1 inch to allow more prop clearance.
> - Note the wing fairings, they are designed by Fred Klein, and enhance
> the look of the airplane and most likely improve the air stream.
> - The high top mod allows for a larger instrument panel. We decided to
> abandon the standard instrument module completely and built our own. It
> is in fact hardly larger than the standard Europa module, but because it
> doesn't feature all these space wasting edges and curves, there is much
> more panel space available.
> - We have harnesses that are fixed to a (reinforced!) area on the upper
> fuselage. This will eliminate the risk of spinal compression.
>
> On one picture: the proud builders together with their airplane.
> Although I'm the one communicating via this list, I should point out
> that I actually built the airplane together with my wife. She has a PPL
> to, and knows as much about airplanes as I do. As you can expect, we
> were always reviewing each others building work, to insure the best
> quality of work.
> If the gallery works again, we will upload some pictures of the build
> process.
>
> Oh, and we are aware of the acronym DIY in English speaking countries.
> We deliberately selected this registration! ;-)
>
> The airplane has a Rotax 914 intercooler with a Woodcomp SR3000W/2 prop.
> Weight is still unknown but it is for sure not going to win the light
> weight contest. ;-)
>
> Frans
>
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