Greg, I would avoid the Coupe and all of it incarnations for the following reasons.
1) Unless you plan to fly only out of Sea Level, 5000-6000 ft runways that have no tower or any other need for radios.. 2) The coupe being a 1930's design it has to be propped to get started and that is dangerous in a tricycle plane. 3) Should the engine quit and you have any fuel onboard, you will catch fire and explode, and there is no way to avoid this. 4) Also since the main gear castors on landing, they wear out and sometimes get stuck, if you find a coupe and the mains are stuck it will cost a ton to fix that problem. 5) The 75-85 hp engines are very old, hard to get any parts for, and VERY under powered. 6) With NO RUDDERS or FLAPS there is no way to control this aircraft in any kind of wind at all. 7) Being such a old and hated airplane you can't get any parts for it I think that answers Greg's questions, Now if anyone out there owns a COUPE that you are just to scared to fly, I have a way for you to get out of paying that tie-down fee every month. At no cost to you I will come buy and pick up your Coupe and haul it away. You will sleep better knowing none of your loved ones will ever be near a coupe again. 8-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:22 PM Subject: Techniques > As I might soon become a real couper, a couple of handling/technique questions > have been nagging me: > > 1. Soft field - the soft field discussion made me wonder; normally in a > tricycle > gear plane, for a soft field take off you lift the nose wheel ASAP, > and steer > with rudders. In a Coupe, there isn't a whole ton of rudder, but do > you still > do the same thing? If so, is there enough rudder oomph to stay straight > as soon as the nose can be raised? > > 2. Landing: no flaps, no slips. Okay, what if you're too high? I know, > go around. > Okay, but suppose you REALLY need to land this time because the fan > stopped > on downwind? S-turns down final? > > I mean, most of us learned to do dead-sticks by having some extra > altitude in > reserve and then dumping it on final via the flaps or (preferably) a > slip. You don't > want to come up short, because there isn't any place to get more. If > you were > right on the instructor often said 'hey, have you ever considered > that if you > put it on the numbers without flaps or a slip on a dead-stick, you > just as easily > could have under-shot?' > > Ideas? > > Alternatives? > > Derisive gestures? > > Greg >
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