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Jim. I really like your analogy. Can't say it better. Hartmut Jim Phelps wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Would be nice but it would be like the people who moved to the desert > by Barstow CA. they liked the hot dry climate because they felt better > than when at the coast. but than they brought in ther plants and > trees(like on the cosast) and made lakes around there places and than > complained the desert wasn't like it used to and was more like there > old home. Change the coupe and it won't be the coupe... Jim 2749H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Burkhead > To: Coupe-List > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:30 AM > Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Top ten ercoupe improvements? > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Iíd sure be tempted to switch back if Coupes were Sport > Pilot compatible.On the other hand, as Iíve taken lessons, > Iíve enjoyed the different kind of low and slow flying that > comes with Challengers. > > Iíd like some of the other mods some people have > mentioned.In a Coupe, Iíd like: > > 1.Sport Pilot compatible > > 2.Redesigned canopy section and nose that is more > aerodynamic for higher cruise but which still allows open > cockpit at any airspeed > > 3.Lower stall speed > > 4.Higher useful load > > 5.Bigger engine to enhance climb but which keeps efficiency > when throttled back for cruise > > 6.Wider cockpit > > 7.More legroom with rudder pedals > > 8.Soft aileron/rudder interlinkage, like on a Cherokee, for > automatic coordination but which you can override for slips > > 9.Bill Bayneís "approved" four-gallon nose tank shortened > from the rear for better instrument clearance with NASCAR > fire foam inside.Also, NASCAR fire foam in the wing tanks, > too. > > 10. Glass cockpit with full IFR capability, moving map and > Flight Simulator style virtual cockpit window views.Maybe a > Virtual Reality helmet for IFR operations. > > Note:I think thereíll be Light Sport Aircraft with almost > all these features in the next 10 years for about $50k.Maybe > itíll be available within five years.Browse the specs on > some of the Sport Aircraft designs now on the web for some > interesting reading. > > Fred Weick told me he only designed the Coupe with a 10-year > lifetime because airplanes were improving so fast he didnít > think anyone would want to fly such a clunky thing as an > Ercoupe 415 once the wonderful new models came out.He didnít > expect the plateau in design improvements that would set in. > > I think weíre poised for another Golden Age in light > aircraft design. > > Ed Burkhead > > http://edburkhead.com/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Top ten ercoupe improvements? > > Make it Sport Pilot compatiable. > Then maybe we could get Ed Burkhead. out of his > Challenger and back in a coupe. > What say Ed?:)))))))))))) > Jim Palmer > > ========================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > ========================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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