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At 01:15 PM 2/28/03 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Has no one devoted to rudder pedals the guts to say this? >FRED WEICK WAS IN A MAJORITY OF ONE when he designed the pedals OUT of >Ercoupes, Why has no other manufacturer followed him? Actually, Fred was not all that devoted to being 2-control. He seemed to be happy either way, and indeed expected more Ercoupes to have the pedal option than not. >You may guess I do not wish to fly an Ercoupe sans pedals, it ruins your >correct flying of all other types Oh, come on. I still fly okay with pedals. I bet Lynn Nelsen does, too, as do the other people who spend time in other types. >as I have witnessed recently with a rudderless person. Perhaps he wasn't 'ruined.' Perhaps he sucked with rudders all along...it isn't uncommon for pilots of certain Spam-cans (and airliners) to have dead feet. >I still consider a landing in a strong crosswind in an Ercoupe without >pedals to be a "controlled crash" Well, the difference between any arrival with the ground and a 'landing' is only a matter of rate of closure and pitch, now isn't it? >Let's face it, at the point of touchdown you have no control of the airplane, Speak for yourself. >inertia overtakes you and unless you have correctly sorted out the drift >on the approach you will not continue down the centerline, True of aircraft with rudder pedals as well. >nor do you have the ability to deal with a rising into wind wing which may >start to lift. Best way to deal with this is by getting the tail up where it belongs (static) and the nose down where it belongs on roll-out. >Buy an Alon, they sorted out so many of the shortcomings of the Ercoupes >and they are a delight to fly (with pedals). Personally, I like them all. I have nothing against either. However, with most people here, I wouldn't tear into a perfectly good 2-control Ercoupe to add pedals. I would have, before I flew one, though. Ignorance leads to all sorts of bizarre acts. Greg ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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