Sounds like you're not getting sufficient vacuum to the units. I always wondercd why someone would need a turn coordinator on an Ercoupe :-) "STEP ON THE BALL" Al
E. T. Pete Petrie wrote: > Glenn Anderson writes: > > >When I got my 415D in December it had a nonworking AH and an old TC both > >operated from vacuum supplied by venturi. I removed the AH and installed an > >electric TC . I don't think I will need any more gyros on the panel. > >Probably buy a vertical card compass. Need to find something to cover the > >holes left when I remove the two venturi horns. > > My AH takes to spinning out of control...sometimes clockwise...sometimes > counter clockwise. Are you trying to tell me I can do without it? I have no > turn & bank or turn coordinator. And the DG in my coupe is suspect... I may > do this too! Any other comments out there? > > >Anyone out there know of anyone who removed the metal from the wings and > >went back to fabric? > > This little operation was done on my coupe 22 years ago...before I bought > it. When I bought it, I didn't like the fabric job, it was 20 years old, > and the Holy Swiss Cheese AD needed to be done. Off came the fabric and I'm > almost finished putting new on...doing Stitts Poly. > > An aside: I have also taken off the big fiberglass wheel pants to save more > weight. The added weight eats up any added airspeed, and the net result is > just pretty...and I think a coupe looks just as good without the wheel > pants! > > Back to taking the metal off of the wings. I'd do it...fabric wings are so > much lighter...and easy to do. Just be careful drilling out the rivets. My > ribs have so many holes it's hard to tell which ones get the screws to hold > down the fabric. I measured someone elses coupe to get the screw placement. > Some of those holes were drilled oversize for rivets, so you will need to > use oversize screws to hold down the fabric. > > Pete, N3552H > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > E. T. "Pete" Petrie > Computer Science at My friend Dean Brock says, "Either you > Wilkes Community College believe in the Law of the Excluded Middle > Box 120, Collegiate Drive or you don't." Me...I'm a little fuzzy > Wilkesboro, NC 28697 about it! > Fon: 336.838.6185 9am-4pm EST > Fax: 336.838.6277 24 hours > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -
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