The reason the mixture controls are safety wired is because the carb rebuild is very expensive, and this is a quick fix to a persistant problem. The aircraft was certified with a mixture control and unless you have paperwork saying that there is an STC to wire it shut, it should be operational, even though it probably runs better wired. My C-75 wasn't wired and the mixture actually worked.
Bob Saville wrote: > Jack Lewis wrote: > > > > Hello: > > > > First - Thanks for the info for the coupe list. Have most done. Will send > > out a list this weekend > > if all goes well. > > > > Next - Coupe stuff. My coupe does not have a mixture control in the > > cockpit. There is a > > control on the carb., but it is safety wired to full rich. Should I put a > > control in, as was > > suggested by some of the local none coupe group folks? Or, do I keepa my > > hands to myself > > and stay original? > > > > Decisions, Decisions. > > > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ___ > > |__/_ )\__| > > ________________| 0 |________________ > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^\(_ /^|^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > | | | > > ( ( ) > > > > Jack Lewis > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ERCOUPE > > SN-1692 415-C > > N99069 > > Andrews, Murphy NC (6A3) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello Jack, > I just read your question about the mixture control. I have a 415-C > with a C-75 Engine. My mixture control is also safety wired. I've asked > other coupers about this and there are a lot of them that are the same. > I don't know of any C-75's that are not safety wired but I've seen some > C-85's that have a control inside. I've had my coupe since 1986 and > have seen no negative results. If I were you I'd leave it alone. For > one thing, if it runs a little on the rich side it will also run cooler > and probably give you longer engine life than if it were running leaner > and hotter. Reckon??????? > > As for the subject of flying with the window down, a friend of mine > flys with one down all the time and the other one is "centered" at the > top so there is a little over a foot of opening on each side. I think > he said there is a screw (a stop screw) somewhere at the top that he > removed in order for one window to go beyond where it's supposed to. > I think it's a good idea, one of these days I'll get around to doing it > to mine. > > As for the rudder pedal issue, when I was looking at my coupe as a > possible purchase I almost passed it up. I had always thought that they > were a really neat looking plane, ever since I was a kid I'd wanted one > but I had never been up in one. When this one came up for sale I was > really excited until I found out that they had no rudder pedals. I've > always enjoyed doing my base leg really close and that put my turn to > final almost over the numbers and to high. You guessed it, time to go > into a real nice slip and kick it around in line with the runway and > grease it on. I'm not bragging, anyone can do anything well if it's > practiced enough. (And boy did I practice a lot!) It was sort of my > trade mark landing. I did it one time in a rented C-150 with about 20 > degrees of flaps and a CFI saw me do it. BOY DID I CATCH HELL!!! I > guess he thought it was out of control. He said that's a good way to > spin-in, don't EVER do that with flaps down! He made his point so from > then on I did it without flaps in rented planes. (usually) > Anyway (back to the coupe), the guy who owned it said why not try it > out. If you like it you can buy it and if not you got a free ride in a > coupe. That's all it took, who would turn down a free ride? Not me! > We flew for a little while and he showed me the violent stalls that > coupes are so notorious for. I kept waiting but after a couple of tries > it never happened. :-) Then he said okay, let's do a spin then. Up > came the nose, down went the wing and guess what. We turned. :-) :-) > At this point he let me have the controls. I played with it for a few > minutes and headed back towards the Airport. I entered the downwind and > told him to land it. When we rolled up to the hangar and he shut it off > I wrote him a check. I waited until he left and then I went flying > alone in my first Airplane. (Mine, not a rental I mean) I checked myself > out in it, but then came the landing. I made a long final and "played > with the speed, decent and controls on the way down the chute. When I > got it almost to the ground it felt good do I just chopped the throttle > and held it a little nose high and let it land itself. WHAT A > DELIGHT!!!!! Then I "drove" it to the hangar and put it to bed. > Luckily, there was very little wind that day and it was straight down > the field. After a few flights I got a chance to try a cross-wind > landing. I must admit I was a little concerned with no pedals but I > thought what the heck and came in for a test fly-by. But it felt so good > that I sat it down and again I drove it to the hangar and put it to > bed. PIECE OF CAKE!!!!!! Now, when it's good and windy and none of the > other little guys are flying I go out and play in the breeze. Every > time I fly it, I love it more. > When I first bought it I had full intentions of putting in the rudder > pedal kit. But by the time I had flown it a few times I thought I'd > sort of hold off for a little while. I'm glad now that I waited. Let's > face it, I'm spoiled. (Although I must admit, I do miss slipping. But > why should I ruin "The Perfect Airplane"?) Maybe someday I'll be able > to afford something with a back seat, that would be nice, but I've never > heard of a four place Ercoupe and I'll never sell my pride and joy. > If I ever do decide to change it I'd modify the system so as to get > more rudder movement and make them both move, both ways.(But I won't) > > Happy flying Y'all. :-))) > > Bob Saville > N3396H,SN4021 > > Bob, N3396, SN 4021
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