----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Hello, Kim,
I sincerely hope you do not consider this post to be insensitive; I do not intend it to be. I applaud your courage and desire to fly unassisted. However your previous posts indicate you have purchased a very old airplane and you do not yet know how to fly. These factors could prove to be a recipe for disaster in the event you had to make an emergency, off-field landing. I am fortunate to be unimpaired, and have an ALON with lowered cockpit rails. Yet, I find it difficult getting out of my airplane after flight - possibly due to my advanced age. Again, from what you have written, it appears that you might be unable to egress the airplane in the situation described above, or even in a landing mishap. Then, too, there is your statement about learning to fly in your Coupe. Gross weight limitations always become a consideration when a pilot and co-pilot (Flight Instructor) are aboard. You might find your fuel capacity to be severly limited, thus further decreasing your options. I do hope you have considered these possibilities and/or that I have misunderstood or misread your posts. One thing for sure is that I, like all Coupers, wish you the best of luck in whatever course you decided to pursue. Don Bowen
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> Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Ercoupe seat recline
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:46:33 -0700
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> Folks...
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> As I've previously mentioned, I'm in a wheelchair and this weekend
> found a good way to get in the cockpit (not very elegant, but it
> works). We are making minor modifications to switch locations,
> bigger knobs, etc, etc. and am thrilled so say that I think this is
> going to be a GREAT plane for me to learn to fly in.
>
> I hope this isn't too dumb of a question, but I need to recline my
> back if I've been sitting more than 45 minutes to an hour. Any
> longer and I hurt pretty good. The seats in the plane sit straight
> up and are backed right up to a bar that is painted the same primer
> as the frames, but I'm not sure it's a structural member. I'm going
> to crawl around the cockpit this weekend to see if it appears to be
> structural or is just holding the hat shelf.
>
> I would like to add a reclining seat on the left side, for times on
> on the ground and need to relieve back stress. Can I have the
> benefit of the groups experience regarding this modification? Is
> there any reason a reclining seat back cannot be added? Is the bar
> behind the seat back structural and if so, can it be altered to allow
> the seat back to recline?
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> Thanks for your advice...
>
> Kim Blackseth
> N2332H
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