Howdy, Coupers. * GPS. Mine's a Magellan GPS 2000. Probably about the cheapest at $155. No database. Battery powered, so watch the time-in-use. I bought it to fly to Salinas for the EOC last year, then ended up driving down. * No Rudders. FAR Part 61 discusses this. 61.45 b) 2) No prescribed operating limitations that prohibits use in any pilot operation required for the test. Now, the Grumman American Lynx (two place) was placarded against spins. Half a revolution and they went flat with no recovery ... Work around = you are not required to provide ONLY ONE airplane for the test. Get some Cessna 150 time that is LIMITED to slips to a landing, Stall awareness, Spin entry, Spins, and Spin recovery techniques. Do that with the examiner. Then complete the rest of the test in a Good Airplane. Or start the test in a `coupe. FAR 61.43 (c) The examiner or the applicant may discontinue the test at any time ... If the test is discontinued the applicant is entitled to credit for only those entire pilot operations that he has successfully performed. * Book review. "The Ercoupe" by Stanley G. Thomas. TAB Aero, Blue Ridge Summit, PA. Covers the evolution of Fred Weicks' thinking from the Safe Airplane contest in the late 1920s through the light plane bust of 1946. Mentions the post-ERCO producers, and discribes the various models. There is a good discussion of `coupe aerodynamics, and elevator travel. I have two copies, and refer to them constantly.
Percy in Portland, OR
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