Another good example of something that should be included in Coupe
Capers for those
who don't follow the Yahoo group(s). And thanks, Lee, for the offer.
Hopefully 10 others
will take you up on it and everybody will be ahead (except for your
time and effort)
Dan
On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those interested in shoulder harness, I found this on the swap
page.
I made a shoulder harness installation on my 415C, N2486H patterned
after the one in the Aug.1994 issue of Coupe Capers and submitted
my FAA Form 337 with complete documentation. After about a year my
last (and possibly best) information from the OKC FAA was to have
an FAA Designated Structures Engineer fill out and sign an FAA Form
8110-3. Just under $1000.00 and 28 pages later I had an approved
shoulder harness installation in N2486H. I have started the process
of getting an STC and PMA for the bracket in order to get some of
the money back that my company spent but this may take years, if
ever. In the mean time, if any of our Ercoupe owners are
interested, I will supply a complete set of my company's
engineering drawings and an approved and signed FAA Form 8110-3
(all 28 pages) along with a letter from my company authorizing
instalation on one specific aircraft for the price of $100.00. If
this information was submitted along with a properly filled FAA
Form 337 it sh! ould get prompt field approval. If not, return the
material to me and I will refund the $100.00 Floyd Culp AIRCRAFT &
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. N2486H 918-341-5735
Floyd Culp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Claremore, Ok USA - Saturday, February
Lee
-- "Ralph Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[Both groups 'cause there's Tech and Flying news]
Try reaching David at david AT smoler.name replacing AT with @.
Whether he wants to sell the plans anymore I don't know.
I bought David's Alon and his original shoulder harness. It's
fairly good, though because it doesn't have a crotch strap it tends
to loosen and ride up over time. A quick check and tug to tighten
it before landing corrects that.
Fortunately it was tight last night (12/31) when I made a sight-
seeing excursion over the Golden Gate Bridge and headed south along
the coast to Half Moon Bay. There was a strong north wind at
altitude (above 500 feet) but relatively calm on the surface, at
least in the west side of the Sacramento Valley where I left. Who
knows what it was doing in the Bay Area, but just south of the
little chunk of 1500' Class B airspace on the coast opposite SFO, I
hit some of the worst turbulence I've ever had. More than once
only my seat belt kept me from hitting the canopy....the VSI was
pegged down. I wasn't too high so that worried me. OK, I admit, I
was scared! Sweaty palms and almost worse! I can't swim and there
were no boat lights on the ocean. I did a 180 turn and headed back
to calmer air, only the sec! ond time I've done that in a plane.
Worked too.
A few minutes later, listening to NorCal Approach, they issued a
weather advisory of severe turbulence below 6000' in the Bay Area.
No kidding!
Fly safe--
Ralph Finch
Davis, California
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ercoupe-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Shoulder Harness STC
Mark,
I've lost track of David Smoler's address. I think that he moved
quite a while ago. Maybe someone on the list has some contact info
for him?
You might also try looking in the tech archives and see if you find
anything there. If not, let me know and I'll try to find his old
address and we can go from there.
Best Regards,
Wayne DelRossi
Alon N5618F
Hours logged since restoration: 347.5
.
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