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Coupers, Well, I've got my eye on this coupe that's about a hundred miles from me. I haven't seen the plane in person yet, but I've seen a number of pictures. I need some advice. Up front, I'm a student pilot training in Cessnas. I will get my license, and I want a plane, but my budget is pretty low, I'm pretty much limited to a low end 152. Or a coupe. I've been fascinated by the coupe since reading "Stick and Rudder" which makes many references to it being a revolutionary plane (at the time the book was written, I belive in the 50s, it really was revolutionary). I like the convertable aspect. I think it looks great. The visibility looks awesome, and I'm not hard-core about the idea of a rudder. And, of course, there's the babe magnet angle: http://bassace.com/ercoupe/babemagnet.htm This coupe i'm looking at is a fix-er-upper. That fine with me, I think I'd have fun making it airworthy. Everything that's been described to me about the the plane sounds really good, the only work it seems to need is some panel/avionics work (which I can do), possibly some engine work since it hasn't been flown in 10 years (I might be able to do), and fixing some corrosion damage on the right wing spar. The corrosion is what worries me. I've been sent a couple pictures of the corrosion. They can be seen, along with all the other pics I have, at: http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/coupe.html It doesn't look too bad to me, but to be honest I don't know what I'm looking at. Does this look major to anyone? If the damage is extensive, is this something I can easily replace? I searched for 'spar' at univair's site and got a few hits back, but I don't know what I'm looking for. Is corrosion like this indicitive of a more widespread corrosion problem? Thanks for any tips you might have, -Michel PS I was telling my instructor about the history of the coupe, and the lack of rudders, and he was shocked. He said, how do you land it in a crosswind? And I told him you crabbed it. He didn't like the answer to that, but then I pointed out to him that a 747 is designed to crosswind crab much more than the coupe because the outboard engines are so low to the ground, a wing down landing would cost you a couple million bucks; the pilots only have something like a four degree margin of error. __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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