----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----
David, I don't have any good leads. Let's post this to the list and see if anyone can help you find a set or even one main. Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: David Vance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Fw: Wheel Pants Thanks for the encouragement, Ed. Now if I could just get my hands on one example of the pant, I'd be able to get started. Any ideas? Salvage yards for Coupes? Thx. David At 06:08 PM 6/9/03 -0500, you wrote: >Dave, > >Yes, please go for it. I think Coupes would benefit GREATLY by well >designed (aerodynamically) wheel pants! > >Ed Burkhead >http://edburkhead.com/ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Vance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:11 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Coupe-List >Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Fw: Wheel Pants > >Thanks, Ed. I think if we could get an fix on the mechanicals, we could >probably help with the aeronautical details. That is, we need to know >how >the pants were attached to the trailing link gear. Structural stuff. >If >we have that, I think I might be able to persuade the college of >aeronautical engineering to tell us how to bend the fiberglass to get >minimum drag. >Hopefully! >David > >At 11:02 PM 6/8/03 -0500, Ed Burkhead wrote: > > >David, > > > >I hope one of our Southern list members can help you by letting you see > >the normal Coupe wheel pants. > > > >In the mean time, perhaps this info may be useful - keep in mind that > >I've never personally had these wheel pants but I've talked about them > >with some knowledgeable people and read a lot of messages about them. >I > >was eager to get wheel pants to get that extra bit of cruise and drag > >reduction. However, too many people have told me the following: > > > >The common wheel pants used on Coupes were designed without wind tunnel > >or good mathematical analysis. Because of this, they aren't shaped >well > >enough to give much boost in airspeed or reduction in drag. Many >people > >have told me not to bother. Unfortunately, they don't enhance the > >flying capabilities like the wheel pants do on most other planes. > >(Admittedly, they do look somewhat cool and enhance the _appearance_ of > >the plane. (If any here disagree (or agree), please post messages on > >this subject.) > > > >Ed Burkhead > >http://edburkhead.com/ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Tom Laird-McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 10:35 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Fw: Wheel Pants > > > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > >any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > >Can anybody help this guy out? (Please send CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >all > >replies) > > > >-Tom > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "David Vance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:29 PM > >Subject: Wheel Pants > > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > > I am not an Ercoupe flyer. I fly a Beech Musketeer. Rumor has it > >that > >our > > > landing gear was copied from Ercoupe. I see that there are wheel >pants > > > available for your planes, but there are none made for the >Musketeers. > >I > > > have talked to the folks at Skyport who own the STC for Ercoupe >wheel > >pants > > > and they say that the main difference is that the Musketeer landing > >gear > >is > > > somewhat larger than yours. And they say that they don't have the > >time to > > > create molds to make the bigger parts. (And now I see on your web >site > >that > > > they have teh business up for sale, so I understand better). > > > Well, bottom line is that I can't afford to buy a set of new Ercoupe > >wheel > > > pants just to see how they're put together. But I would really like > >to > >get > > > my hands (or at least my eyes) on a Ercoupe fairing so that I can > >determine > > > whether this would be a practical thing to undertake. Perhaps you >can > > > help. Maybe you know of someone who has one we can buy or borrow? > >Maybe > > > you know of a fairing equipped Ercoupe down here in Mississippi (Or > > > Alabama, or Tennessee) that we could peak at? > > > Any help greatly appreciated. I am located at KSTF. Oh, and I am > >*not* a > > > company. I am a teacher. > > > Thanks! > > > David > > > > > > > > > >======================================================================= >= > >====== > >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/
<<attachment: winmail.dat>>
