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I have to agree with Warren Hampton... my 415-C (N3773H) snapped C-85 crank, but allowed me to gain about 200 feet of altitude as I 'swapped' airspeed for altitude. At an indicated 80 I got a 600'/min glide out of the 'Coupe, maintaining excellent handling characteristics (weaving through a treeline and over fences) to a 60 mph touchdown in a muddy pasture. Worked great until the nosewheel collapsed! Should be back in the air soon... the incident affirmed my confidence in the handling characteristics of the design... thanks again Fred Weick! Chuck Rosenfeld Corvallis, OR [email protected] wrote: > -- Topica Digest -- > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Coupes and Classics Fly-In > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RE: NM Crash Story > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Need Magneto (Any type) or Eisemann Parts > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: NM Crash Story > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RE: NM Crash Story > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: NM Crash Story > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > coupe model > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Control Wheel Caps > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Fw: NM Crash Story > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Control Wheel Caps > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: spinner options > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Fw: NM Crash Story > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Parts and damage assessment of N87284 S/N 457 > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Re: Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > By [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 08:33:24 -0400 > From: Jack Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Coupes and Classics Fly-In > > The Smoky Mountain Hootenanny will be this weekend, Saturday, 21 Oct 2000. > We will be a MMI, Athens Tenn (McMinn County). That's about 40 miles south > of Knoxville. > > The gathering will start Friday Nite and end Saturday Evening. > > A flight to the Smoky Mountains, to view the fall colors, will start > Saturday Morning. > > There will be a breakfast also held at Collegedale Tenn (3M3), (Home of the > World Famous "Little Debbie"), also on Saturday Morning. > > So there is lots of flying in the Valley this weekend. The weather is > forecast to be perfect, the colors at their peak. So no reason not to come > out and join in the fun. > > See y'all there. > > Jack > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19-Oct-2000 14:11:14 GMT > From: Alan Lail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: NM Crash Story > > Gee, and I thought I had it bad, I just jumped off my Granmaws Chicken > Coupe flapping my arms real fast, nose dived into the honeysuckle bushes > on the backside of that old chicken coupe. Snicker, you really had > "Plywood" to use, WOW I might have really been able to get airbourne > > Bob Saville wrote: > > Like Jackie Gleason used to say: "Pow, one of these days, off to the > > moon"! > > Larry, our nations first 'Astronaught'!!! > > > > BTW Larry, I didn't know they made 'Plywood' that long ago. Big > > ; - ) > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > Larry Wilkins wrote: > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Isn't this interesting. I suspect most of us have our early flying > > > adventures. Mine was when I was > > > about 5 years old. Used to jump off the roof of the garage onto an old > > > bed spring with a sheet of > > > plywood on it. > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > Bob, > > > > Sounds like my early experiments with skydiving...DUCT-TAPED (have to > > > > use DUCKTAPE to fly) two edges of a king size blanket to my ankles... > > > > and > > > > held onto the other two corners. Being the smart 7 year old test pilot > > > > that I > > > > was, jumped from a two story barn onto two bed mattresses. I sure wish > > > > they > > > > would've untaped the blanket from my ankles before dragging me through > > > > the > > > > neighborhood crying. <G>! > > > > Andy~ > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > -- > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > Click here for Free Video!! > > > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 12:30:12 -0400 > From: "Glen Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Need Magneto (Any type) or Eisemann Parts > > Hi all, > I got my engine back together and was putting the mags on yesterday. I am > now in need of a replacement of any type that will work on a C85. The > mounting lug on my Eisemann broke off. Too old. If anybody has any > Eisemanns laying around not working I might be able to use that too. Glen > Ward > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:56:25 -0700 > From: Bob Saville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] NM Crash Story > > Alan, you were just to young at the time, your arms hadn't grown 'feathers' yet. > > Bob 'no tail feathers' Saville > > Alan Lail wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Gee, and I thought I had it bad, I just jumped off my Granmaws Chicken > > Coupe flapping my arms real fast, nose dived into the honeysuckle bushes > > on the backside of that old chicken coupe. Snicker, you really had > > "Plywood" to use, WOW I might have really been able to get airbourne > > > > Bob Saville wrote: > > > Like Jackie Gleason used to say: "Pow, one of these days, off to the > > > moon"! > > > Larry, our nations first 'Astronaught'!!! > > > > > > BTW Larry, I didn't know they made 'Plywood' that long ago. Big > > > ; - ) > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Wilkins wrote: > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > Isn't this interesting. I suspect most of us have our early flying > > > > adventures. Mine was when I was > > > > about 5 years old. Used to jump off the roof of the garage onto an old > > > > bed spring with a sheet of > > > > plywood on it. > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > Bob, > > > > > Sounds like my early experiments with skydiving...DUCT-TAPED (have to > > > > > use DUCKTAPE to fly) two edges of a king size blanket to my ankles... > > > > > and > > > > > held onto the other two corners. Being the smart 7 year old test pilot > > > > > that I > > > > > was, jumped from a two story barn onto two bed mattresses. I sure wish > > > > > they > > > > > would've untaped the blanket from my ankles before dragging me through > > > > > the > > > > > neighborhood crying. <G>! > > > > > Andy~ > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > Click here for Free Video!! > > > > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19-Oct-2000 18:48:00 GMT > From: Alan Lail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: NM Crash Story > > Bad visual, bad, bad visual > > Bob Saville wrote: > > Alan, you were just to young at the time, your arms hadn't grown > > 'feathers' yet. > > > > Bob 'no tail feathers' Saville > > > > Alan Lail wrote: > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Gee, and I thought I had it bad, I just jumped off my Granmaws Chicken > > > Coupe flapping my arms real fast, nose dived into the honeysuckle bushes > > > on the backside of that old chicken coupe. Snicker, you really had > > > "Plywood" to use, WOW I might have really been able to get airbourne > > > > > > Bob Saville wrote: > > > > Like Jackie Gleason used to say: "Pow, one of these days, off to the > > > > moon"! > > > > Larry, our nations first 'Astronaught'!!! > > > > > > > > BTW Larry, I didn't know they made 'Plywood' that long ago. Big > > > > ; - ) > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Wilkins wrote: > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > Isn't this interesting. I suspect most of us have our early flying > > > > > adventures. Mine was when I was > > > > > about 5 years old. Used to jump off the roof of the garage onto an old > > > > > bed spring with a sheet of > > > > > plywood on it. > > > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob, > > > > > > Sounds like my early experiments with skydiving...DUCT-TAPED (have to > > > > > > use DUCKTAPE to fly) two edges of a king size blanket to my ankles... > > > > > > and > > > > > > held onto the other two corners. Being the smart 7 year old test pilot > > > > > > that I > > > > > > was, jumped from a two story barn onto two bed mattresses. I sure wish > > > > > > they > > > > > > would've untaped the blanket from my ankles before dragging me through > > > > > > the > > > > > > neighborhood crying. <G>! > > > > > > Andy~ > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Click here for Free Video!! > > > > > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:59:39 -0700 > From: Bob Saville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] NM Crash Story > > Was that before or after the crash? > > Alan Lail wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Bad visual, bad, bad visual > > > > Bob Saville wrote: > > > Alan, you were just to young at the time, your arms hadn't grown > > > 'feathers' yet. > > > > > > Bob 'no tail feathers' Saville > > > > > > Alan Lail wrote: > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > Gee, and I thought I had it bad, I just jumped off my Granmaws Chicken > > > > Coupe flapping my arms real fast, nose dived into the honeysuckle bushes > > > > on the backside of that old chicken coupe. Snicker, you really had > > > > "Plywood" to use, WOW I might have really been able to get airbourne > > > > > > > > Bob Saville wrote: > > > > > Like Jackie Gleason used to say: "Pow, one of these days, off to the > > > > > moon"! > > > > > Larry, our nations first 'Astronaught'!!! > > > > > > > > > > BTW Larry, I didn't know they made 'Plywood' that long ago. Big > > > > > ; - ) > > > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Wilkins wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > > > Isn't this interesting. I suspect most of us have our early flying > > > > > > adventures. Mine was when I was > > > > > > about 5 years old. Used to jump off the roof of the garage onto an old > > > > > > bed spring with a sheet of > > > > > > plywood on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > > > > > > > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob, > > > > > > > Sounds like my early experiments with skydiving...DUCT-TAPED (have to > > > > > > > use DUCKTAPE to fly) two edges of a king size blanket to my ankles... > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > held onto the other two corners. Being the smart 7 year old test pilot > > > > > > > that I > > > > > > > was, jumped from a two story barn onto two bed mattresses. I sure wish > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > would've untaped the blanket from my ankles before dragging me through > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > neighborhood crying. <G>! > > > > > > > Andy~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Click here for Free Video!! > > > > > > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 04:06:54 -0500 > From: Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: coupe model > > I haven't seen or heard of this site mentioned on this list before so > maybe I have the pleasure of being the first to call it to the attention > to all you coupe lovers. > check out > <www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/private/ercoupe/ercoupe.htm> > you'll like it ! > regards > JoeC > N99621 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:44:42 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > > Would someone please tell me what the Glide Range / Glide Altitude ratio is > in the following format: > > nm / feet > > thanks much > > Dwight Allenson > NC99902 UUU > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:47:55 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Control Wheel Caps > > Coupers, > Does anybody know the availability of the round plastic control wheel centerpiece caps for a 'Coupe? > Skyport is fresh out of 'em. > If you have a pair that need a home let me know. > Any advice would be appreciated and thanks- > > Dave in Atlanta N2404H (soon) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:29:23 -0700 > From: Dotty Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Fw: [COUPERS] NM Crash Story > > SERIOUSLY, NOW....... > > There was a pretty good movie made appx 10 years ago about a young boy with > family problems who lived near SFO and ran away one night, saw an Ercoupe > teid down somewhere there, and decided to use it to get "away from it all". > > He had been told once that Ercoupes are the easiest airplanes to fly. > > There are a lot of fairly nice flying scenes and the story ends happily with > his reconciled and worried-sick parents coming to the airport to help > "talk him down". > > Does ANYONE know of this movie or how to find it or what the name of > it might be (I came in somewhere in the middle AND I wasn't a couper yet, > so didn't pay attention to the details....OK, OK!!) Still, this is all true > and I'm > dying to have a copy of it. > > Thanks.......Dotty Ray > A2-A N5474F > > At 10:36 AM 10/18/00 -0700, g w wrote: > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > >Bob, that info was straight from the NTSB so I guess it is probably > >accurate. They usually have the story down before they post it online, so > >most likely it is what really happened. I am not that surprised. Tkae a > >regular plane and they probably couldn't get to the runway. Take a coupe > >with wheel steering,no pedals, and it would seem easy to them, probably. > >Glen Ward > > ********************************* > Dorothy Hargraves Ray > Database Design > (760) 947-7704 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************* > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:32:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: G/F Alon S/N149 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > > Take a brick along on your next flight. Throw it out the window and then try > to stay with it. Most coupes will leave it behind. > (Just hav'in fun) Truthfully, gliders, they ain't. > g/f > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:45:21 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Would someone please tell me what the Glide Range / Glide Altitude ratio > is > > in the following format: > > > > nm / feet > > > > thanks much > > > > Dwight Allenson > > NC99902 UUU > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Say Bye to Slow Internet! > http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:44:21 -0400 > From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Control Wheel Caps > > At 02:47 PM 10/19/00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > >advice in this forum.]---- > > > >Coupers, > >Does anybody know the availability of the round plastic control wheel > >centerpiece caps for a 'Coupe? > > They are made, alas, of unobtanium. > > Just another example of Univair's outstanding support (along with fuel > tanks, and a host of other items...) > > Greg > Please start using [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get in touch with me. It is > my PERMANENT e-mail address! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:22:07 -0600 > From: Blaine J Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] spinner options > > Audean > I need a new spinner. Mine is the larger style spinner and it has cracked > , I had it welded and it cracked again. I would like to get the smaller > type. > What type did you put on yours? > Blaine > 93968 > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:38:55 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > > Dwight, > > The only printed info I have found on glide ratio is from the Mooney Specs at > 1450 GW. A 415 C at 1260 would be better. How much ??? > > The specs given on the M-10,, page 424 "The Ercoupe, A Touch of Class" , is > 6:1. > > This means if you are 1 mile above the level ground on a standard day, no > wind, and at gross weight (1450 lbs) , you would expect the M-10 to glide 6 > miles before landing. That is if you glide at the best rate. A 415 C should > do a little better. > > If I remember correctly, a Cherokee 140 and a Cessna 172 both have a glide > ratio of about 8.5 : 1. > > The Coupe is not a glider, but is very manuverable. Get rid of any excess > weight, (yours or ANY un-needed equipment) :). :) ; and you will GO FURTHER. > > REgards, > > Harry Francis > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:26:42 -0700 > From: Bob Saville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fw: [COUPERS] NM Crash Story > > Dotty, > I haven't heard of it but I did hear about a young boy (12 I think) who stole a coupe, went for a > joyride and landed it safely. I wonder if this movie was about him. > If you can find the name of the movie, I have a book that lists all movies and whether on not they > were made into a video, so let me know if anyone comes up with the name of it for you. I'd like a copy > of it too. > > Bob Saville > > Dotty Ray wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > SERIOUSLY, NOW....... > > > > There was a pretty good movie made appx 10 years ago about a young boy with > > family problems who lived near SFO and ran away one night, saw an Ercoupe > > teid down somewhere there, and decided to use it to get "away from it all". > > > > He had been told once that Ercoupes are the easiest airplanes to fly. > > > > There are a lot of fairly nice flying scenes and the story ends happily with > > his reconciled and worried-sick parents coming to the airport to help > > "talk him down". > > > > Does ANYONE know of this movie or how to find it or what the name of > > it might be (I came in somewhere in the middle AND I wasn't a couper yet, > > so didn't pay attention to the details....OK, OK!!) Still, this is all true > > and I'm > > dying to have a copy of it. > > > > Thanks.......Dotty Ray > > A2-A N5474F > > > > At 10:36 AM 10/18/00 -0700, g w wrote: > > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > >Bob, that info was straight from the NTSB so I guess it is probably > > >accurate. They usually have the story down before they post it online, so > > >most likely it is what really happened. I am not that surprised. Tkae a > > >regular plane and they probably couldn't get to the runway. Take a coupe > > >with wheel steering,no pedals, and it would seem easy to them, probably. > > >Glen Ward > > > > ********************************* > > Dorothy Hargraves Ray > > Database Design > > (760) 947-7704 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ********************************* > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 20-Oct-2000 03:02:22 GMT > From: Christopher Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Parts and damage assessment of N87284 S/N 457 > > Greetings all; > I believe I now have a fair idea of the parts which were damaged, and > stolen from N87284 S/N 457. The list will follow with some anotations. > Please bear with my ramblings. * = damaged > ** = stolen > *** = This will appear after the part > where the parts have been > replaced > Part# > ** 48025 Tank assembly- fuselage *** > ** 48057 Gauge assembly- Fuel system, fuselage *** > ** 48013 Indicator assembly- Fuel system wing tank quantity > ** 48081 Valve assembly- Fuel system strainer and shutoff > ** seat belts > ** 52113 Universal Joint (1) only > ** Control Yokes (not the wheels) > * 52115 Stop-control elevators (both) > * Control Shafts from yokes to mast (both) > ** 40080L Bracket-Engine Cowling Longitudinal upper L. support > ** 40430 Grommet-Engine cowling > ** 31920 mount assembly-fuselage engine (It was replaced > with a damaged unit by the thieves) > * MD36-14 Bearing (broken when control mast was removed > to remove fuselage tank) > ** 34090 Landing gear assembly- nose *** > ** 31007-19 Hose- Hydraulic Brake master cylinder pressure Flex > ** 51041 Guide assembly-instrument panel control wheel > ** 40074 Cabin Heater Box assembly > I have ommited things like the bolts and nuts which are missing. But I > feel this is a fair assessment of the damage done by the thief or > thieves or should I call them vandals. > As you can see I now have a formidable task ahead of me. If anyone > out there may have any of these as servicable parts, let me know. I will > replace with new if the part is available. But I think the vandals had > a shopping list, because some of the parts are no longer available. > I hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend. > Happy Landings > Christopher Lawson > N87284 S/N 457 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 22:19:32 -0600 > From: Larry Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > > I think they got that backwards. Six miles down for every one mile forward. At least that's the way it > seems. Like my old instructor told me. It has a glide ratio roughly equivalent to a 900 pound cook > stove. > > Larry > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Dwight, > > > > The only printed info I have found on glide ratio is from the Mooney Specs at > > 1450 GW. A 415 C at 1260 would be better. How much ??? > > > > The specs given on the M-10,, page 424 "The Ercoupe, A Touch of Class" , is > > 6:1. > > > > This means if you are 1 mile above the level ground on a standard day, no > > wind, and at gross weight (1450 lbs) , you would expect the M-10 to glide 6 > > miles before landing. That is if you glide at the best rate. A 415 C should > > do a little better. > > > > If I remember correctly, a Cherokee 140 and a Cessna 172 both have a glide > > ratio of about 8.5 : 1. > > > > The Coupe is not a glider, but is very manuverable. Get rid of any excess > > weight, (yours or ANY un-needed equipment) :). :) ; and you will GO FURTHER. > > > > REgards, > > > > Harry Francis > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 03:20:30 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Glide (or fall out of the sky) ratio > > If seem a little bit queer that you guys bitching at the glide ratio. You > pull back on the go dowicky and the airplane starts to come down. When the > go'er quits going for real that gets your attention. The Mooney's is > something like 10:0 to 1:0 and surprisingly very close stall speeds. But as a > EGC member you can bet your hind parts I would rather be in the Coupe. It > handle well right till the nose wheel bends backwards. > Warren H > > Warren Hampton 8144E, 5644F & 3800H > > ------------------------------ > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > End of [email protected] digest, issue 317 __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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