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Shoulder harnesses sound like a good idea. Does anyone have an address or phone number for Pete Smoler? Thanks! Patrick Thompson '58 Forney F-1 N7535C ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: [COUPERS] Shoulder harnesses (was: Criuse Speed Question) > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > At 02:12 AM 11/16/01 +0000, Vishni Arde wrote: > >One thing that Mr. Greg Bullough hit upon was the greater speed and how > >this can do a lot more damage to you. > > And the corollary of that is this: > > Please, please, please, if you have not done so, think seriously about > having your Ercoupe fitted with 4-point shoulder straps. Empirical evidence > suggests > that more than one of our colleagues has had his or her brain-pan smashed > in what would otherwise have been a walk-away crash. Including the gent > who perished on the way back from last EOC convention. It's a small plane, > and the likelihood of hitting that panel is high. Remember, that before Ralph > Nader, people used to die regularly in minor car accidents. That was the > case in 1946. They also used to die in minor plane accidents. > > Seriously, if you don't have shoulder harnesses, maybe you should be wearing > a crash helmet. Military pilots do! > > But you really need those harnesses. > > Less than a week ago, I damn near joined the 'Ercoupe glider club.' When I > realized that I had (after finding most of the engine oil on N99387's belly) I > was glad that I held out for the shoulder harnesses. My passenger and I > would have been much better off on a botched corn-field landing than > we would have been in their absence. > > Buy Pete Smoler's drawings, get the 337 approved, and do something to > extend your life. > > Greg > > P.S.: all indications are that N99387's problem was not a busted ring as f eared > but rather a bunch of frozen condensation in the oil/air separator which caused > the engine to 'breathe' via the oil return line, instead of the breather. > Thus it > exhaled oil, instead of air. We seem to have gotten away without hurting > anything. > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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