----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----on 11/03/03 12:01 PM, Kevin Gassert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would indeed be hot with the sides up and no sun shade. The idea is to have the sides down. I lost the band off my headset last weekend but that is because I stuck my dumb head out too far. I have never lost a map that I had on my lap. It is just is not that windy in the cockpit. I flew one Ercoupe with a sunshade on it when I was looking for the coupe I have now. I¹m not a big guy and my headset hit the shade. It felt too closed in and the first thing I would have done when I got it home was remove it.Yo, Kevin
Different strokes for different folks. With good, clear and clean sidescreens, enjoying flight in relative comfort was my "idea". Thus use of the openings on left and right of the sunscreen as vents gave me optimum ventilation for any temperature with minimum noise and buffeting.
I find the buffeting from open coupe windows worse than in my car; each, in its own way, tiring. That's why I drive with the AC or heat tempering extreme ambients and the windows fully shut most all the time.
Drag increases considerably with open windows. This reduces both speed and range, each incompatible with efficient flight. The only time I chose to fly with a window fully open was when taking pictures.
Of course, those with claustrophobic tendencies may find logic and/or comfort issues effectively overruled. I'm 5'-11" and 215+, and have never perceived an overhead headset interference problem with an unmodified coupe bench seat. Side-to side and shoulder to shoulder with another person of my size I find friendly...not cramped. But I'm glad when Fred Weick designed our cabin he, personally, was not smaller, or...!
Regards,
WRB
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