If your having trouble finding this site try this: http://www.aaa-ace.com/falconar/falconar.html Brian Bailey N94016 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- From: Mi Vida Loca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 7:24 PM Subject: Re: ponderings??? >At 02:24 AM 3/31/98 EST, you wrote: >> >>I have a couple of questions for the group. >>First I found a website www.aaa-ace.com/coupeinfo.html that is Falconer >>aviation and they advertise a kit to put a folding wing mechanism, that is >>stc'd, on the coupe. anyone have any knowledge or experience with this mod or >>this company and what are your thoughts about this for those of us who cant >>get hangers and would like to garage our coupes for the winter. Second I was >>wondering if there have been any attempts to increase the coupes STOL >>capabilities to any extent maybe through gap seals and wing tip mods or >>whatever ? Thanx in advance for your inputs and I know the coupe is great >just >>as it is. I was just wondering. >> >The only mod I've seen along those lines were gap seals on a M-10. They >were on the plane when the owner bought it, about a year later he removed >them. There was no difference in the speed or the way it handled, either at >cruise or low speed. The M-10 will stall and the stall speed was also >unaffected by the removal of the gap seals. > >A mod I have always wanted to make would be to change the ailerons to >flaperons. I an less interested in the actual low speed end of it as the >potential ability to reflex the flaps in cruise to reduce drag. High >performance sailplanes and the Maule do this to get a few more knots of >cruise speed. With a full span aileron to use it should be fairly effective. > > >Dave >41 Charlie >Dave's Ercoupe Page >http://www.flash.net/~dmprosvc/dave >
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