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Fred, Ed and all.
When I got my coupe, it had the snubber cable
installed and I flew it a couple of years before I tried it without
one.
The landing convinced me that the coupe does not
need a snubber cable.
With snubber, the nose came always down with a
plonk, hitting the nose gear/engine mount somewhat.
Now, the nose not only comes down soft and gentle
and smooth, but also I gain steering authority from early on, which lets me
handle the coupe better in cross wind takeoffs especially.
I also found me a fairing for the nose gear and I
am really happy to have that one installed.
Plane flies faster and seems to be more stable in
the air, cause the fairing seems to act like a little rudder, trying to keep
everything straight.
In my eyes, every 2 control Coupe should have at
least a very long snubber cable, if at all.
The fear that the nose gear might fall off sometime
is bogus and without any practical evidence.
The nose fork is heat-shrunken onto the shaft,
making it impossible to move, even under adverse circumstances.
And after all, when your single or double fork
really would come loose, the scissors will hold it as well as the cable would
do.
I see more cons than pros for the snubber
cable.
Yes it requires to get used to the longer extending
nose gear, but after 3 landings it seems natural.
The Ercoupe is not your ordinary Cessna. It is a
different bird, to be flown and landed differently. The nose gear is part of
that design. Why cripple it ?
Hartmut N3330H
----- Original Message -----From: Justine & Fred FowlerSent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:23 AMSubject: [COUPERS-TECH] Snubber cab;e----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Thanks Ed for the advise. I plan to install the cable I can always take it off. I don't have the fairing so I do not have an advantage on the speed. Who ever designed the twin fork must have had a good reason for including the cable, no doubt for the reason you gave. F Fowler.============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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