Wayne, Reread the note I sent last night and thought of one more thing. Just remember the Coupe is a very simple but also a very specific machine in relation to its rigging. And just because a person has an IA or an A&P license is no reason to believe they are qualified to work on the plane. There are some real horror/funny stories out there and if a mechanic has not worked on a coupe before you can end up really getting burned financially for him to learn on your dollar.
One instance was told to me just a couple of months ago when I was complaining to a friend concerning the cost of the landing gear knee-joint pin and bushing I was installing on 2735H. The owner of a coupe received a licensed mechanics pre-annual inspection report with the statement "landing gear trailing link has no lateral movement. Must be removed, cleaned, inspected to allow proper side movement for crosswind landings". Another classic was the owner after a test flight finding the mechanic adjusting the elevator so that it had about 25 degrees of up travel. When asked "why", he replied "to provide more pitch control during normal flight and landing". And of course the most common one is for a mechanic to immediatly install a trim tab on the aileron when the test flight showed one wing falling during hands off flight. I actually saw a trim tab installed on the left rudder of a coupe parked at a field in California. I looked inside just to verify it had no rudder pedals. When all else fails "READ THE BOOK'. The full series of pamphlets on parts, service, ADs, etc. can be bought from Skyport for around $20.00. And if you get a chance, pick up a copy of "From the Ground Up" by Fred Wieck which will give you the complete history of how the complete design was developed over several years while he was working at NACA and ERCO. Just received the Manual on N80AH. Checks in the mail. Many thanks. Just looking through it for a few minutes answered many questions I had. Dan N80AH
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