Maybe (probably) I don't know what I'm talking about, but if you are going to fly an Ercoupe and only an Ercoupe, why is everyone saying you must be doing spins? Or is this not a group dedicated to the only plane with a placard stating "this airplane is incharacteristicaly capable of spinning?"
When you move to another craft, take the time to learn what you need to know about that craft, whether it be tail dragger, 172, twin, whatever. If you are moving to a craft which can spin, and you don't have spin training, then get some. Any new plane you get in you should go up with an instructer long enough to learn how to fly that plane. So why bother learning spins if you are going to buy an ercoupe and fly that only? (that's what started this thread, right?) Now I will put on my asbestos underwear. <incoming!> -Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of CE Leggett Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 8:59 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: spins and learning in Ercoupes I'm more of less with J Phelps, I suggest you do your primary learning in a taildragger if you possibly can. Then transition into a craft that requires you to be smooth. It may be that you will never need the additional skills you learn, but you will HAVE them should an emergency come up where they are required. As for spins, I also know, from experience, than an inadvertent spin entry can leave you feeling totally confused, wondering what happened. Does not feel like the deliberate spin entries I practiced in a Champ. I was lucky, I got additional spin training when I started flying sailplanes. And THAT is the spin training I endorse. The sailplanes that are used for instruction are designed and built for maneuvers of all sorts, and the long wings exaggerate the reactions, so you learn better and faster to catch the early signs of uncoordination. Yaw strings are great too... Candy
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