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Here is some info. from the "Tech List" that would be good for all
Coupers!
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Ron Burke wrote:
I would like to find the guy that started the "Make the first turn
off, or
you are a bad pilot" guy and KILL HIM. This thinking has killed many a
good pilot.
Moving on from that
First, I have hundreds of hours in a "D", and most likely close to a
thousand landings. There is ONE hard fast rule in a "D" NEVER get under
80mph without power
Second, I was thought to fly energy not airspeed, buy a guy named R. A.
"Bob" Hoover.
With power (energy) you can hang a "D" on the prop, no problem... I have
seen zero indicated in a 0-200 rigged properly. Without energy , NEVER
get
under 80mph, turns out 80 should be your best glide anyway.
I see these guys at flyin's. and they are just plain scary. You can
not
fly an ercoupe like a Cessna 150.
Pilots get away with it for a while, then will mess up a perfectly good
airplane, and most times themselves too.
There is a MANUAL for the "D" and it covers everything we are talking
about. Many times I have operated out a 1500 foot gravel strip without
problems. ALTHOUGH I did not try the 1500 foot without GOOD training.
There is an approved maneuver used to load energy and lose altitude
without
gaining airspeed. It is in the MANUAL
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Maynard Smith wrote:
> Good morning Ron:
> You wouldn't by any chance have a copy of said MANUAL that you
would
> be willing to share with us?
> I think that a lot of pilots have never seen any sort of manual
written
> specifically for the Ercoupe! If you were able to scan and post the
> proper information concerning the coupe it would be beneficial to all.
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Ron Burke wrote:
> Sorry I do not have the manual any longer... It went with 2273H.
> and by regulation you can not fly your aircraft without the pilots
operating
> handbook..... It was a reproduction from Univair.
= = = That is the one I have. I was just wondering if you had something
different that might help some of the newer pilots stay out of trouble!
= = =
> Paul Anton has it now.
= = = I kind of thought that might be the case! = = =
> It shows "S Turns" as the approved manuvior to "slip" the ercoupe and
all
> the speeds and distances.. and such
> When I bought the Ercoupe, even though I had over 1000 hours, I made
sure I
> got a checkout from a VERY experenced
> ERCOUPE instructor... We did everything but roll the ercoupe, she
won't
> hammer head either...
> You fly a "D", are you afraid of her?
= = = Yes I do! And, no I am not! I have approximately 850 hours in
two very
different coupes. One was a "C" 42 or 43 years ago with a very tired 75
that
had almost 3000 hours on the engine. But it was still chugging along
nice and
smooth but very weak!
The other is my current love that I have had for the last 5 1/2
years. It is
also a "C" that was converted to a "D" and has an O-200 engine. My only
other
piloting experience is about 2000 hours in the "H" model Bonanza that I
flew
during the other 35 years.
So...... I have been lucky enough to have owned and flown the two
best
designed and best looking small planes ever built! = = =
Maynard Smith, EOC, CA(N)Wingleader, and GSC general flunky.
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Paul Anton wrote:
Our hated Type Certificate holder--Univair-- sells said manuals for less
than $7.00 each.
I'd charge at least $50.00 to take mine apart and scan it. <G>---That
means
grin---last statement tongue in cheek.
Cheers: Paul
NC2273H
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