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freddythek10(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:36 pm Post subject: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3?

Nice work Ron…What prompted you to go to the larger diameter wheel?…Will you make a fairing?



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		   On Dec 30, 2021, at 12:25 PM, rparigoris <rparigor(at)hotmail.com> wrote:

 

 

 

 Hi Group

 

 5" Rollerblade Outrigger wheels balanced and flight ready including narrowed forks:

 https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah1S270Nwg9VgeUgi_KjuiAxAbqBfw?e=fWxNJf

 

 Ron P.

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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:38 pm Post subject: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3?

Nice work Ron…What prompted you to go to the larger diameter wheel?…Will you make a fairing?



What is the rating of your wheel bearings?



Fred



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		   On Dec 30, 2021, at 12:25 PM, rparigoris <rparigor(at)hotmail.com> wrote:

 

 

 

 Hi Group

 

 5" Rollerblade Outrigger wheels balanced and flight ready including narrowed forks:

 https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah1S270Nwg9VgeUgi_KjuiAxAbqBfw?e=fWxNJf

 

 Ron P.

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rparigoris

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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:41 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3

Hi Fred



I don't have much time in Mono's, but I wasn't thrilled with the noise coming from the outrigger wheels and am hoping the 5" pneumatic are quieter. In addition I didn't like the wheel bearings that are opened with the provided blue wheels. The gray Colesons purchased also had opened bearings, but I put close fitting spacers to reasonably cover them. 

The bearings on 5" pneumatic Roller Blade wheels are sealed and corrosion resistant. All I have on them:

Package these wheels with bearings (Optional) ($7.00 USD):

Twincam Rustproof

They may have some print on them. They are nice bearings with very little friction. I installed spacers between them. I'm pretty certain that can take RPMs of landing downwind on a VERY Hot and Humid day in Nepal!



60mph = 5,280' per minute. Landing in Nepal will be 80mph ground speed or 7,040' per minute or 84,480" per minute. 5" diameter times Pi = 15,708". 84,480 / 15,708 = 5,378 rpm. 



I spun each wheel up with 130psi air from compressor and had quite the gyroscope going. Vibration was very acceptable. I'm pretty certain bearings will last tire life. Just as a precaution I would replace bearings at tire and tube replacement time.



I'm not quite sure what my wheels are made out of, I didn't scratch them, but they are slightly magnetic.:

Powerslide Nordic Road Warrior II 125mm Air Wheel

Perhaps Glass-Fiber Reinforced Plastic? I know JB KWIK Weld is slightly magnetic, they may add some steel too?



I also like larger diameter wheels for rolling over uneven ground. 29" Mountain bike works quite a bit better than 26" in my experience.



Happy New Year!

Ron P.

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n7188u

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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:32 am Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3

Ron, where did you get the wheels and bearings?

Chris

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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3

Hi Chris I purchased from Pro Skaters Place in Canada. They are out of stock at the moment. Ron P.

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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:32 pm Post subject: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3?

Tim…thanks for posting about your recent “touring” in NZ…though I’m unfamiliar with the cited landmarks, your narrative is very evocative.



A few years back as I recall, I intercepted a tailwheel fairing which was enroute to you so I could make a splash mould before sending it on. It worked out just fine I’m happy to say and I don’t believe I’ve properly thanked you for that courtesy.



BTW…I’ve always had a soft spot for NZ as Don McKinnon, your former Minister of Foreign Affairs, had been a high school classmate of mine back in D. C. many years ago.



Best,



Fred



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		   On Jan 2, 2022, at 2:42 PM, timward <ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz> wrote:

 

 Flew up to Takaka from Rangiora, (Google) beautiful weather, airline type flight, 7500ft direct, no controlled airspace, no bumps, no cheese and biscuits,  1 hour 20mins with my wify!  Not the air hostess! Had a swim at Ligar Bay, and saw relatives then back via Abel Tasman National park, beat up Kayakers along the coast, not above 500ft, to Motueka, St Arnaud and Lake Rotoiti,  Rainbow Valley through Hells Gate, Island Pass, Lake Tennyson, Hamner and back across the Canterbury Plains to Rangiora. 3.1 hours in total, what a joy. Beautiful high pressure system to cross the Alps at Mt Una. 

 When to spread ashes of my brother-in-law at Ligar bay with family which, if we had driven would have taken us 7 hours each way, overnight, food …..well you do the maths.

 15 litres per hour…. EUROPA is such a great touring aircraft.

 

 Tim

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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week, 12/27 - 1/3

Thanks for the information Ron 

Chris

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