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Thanks - we could have been a bit over, not very much, though. I've flown with bigger guys (my instructor is quite small) but I haven't tried stalling it. Now I know! Once I'm flying alone (which should be in two weeks if all goes well!) I'll try it again, knowing I'm way UNDER. See what happens then. Thanks again, Larry On Feb 27, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Mitch Hines wrote: > Larry, > > Were you flying heavy? My Alon will behave the same way if it's > overgross > by very much. > > --Mitch > > > Mitch Hines > Alon A-2 Aircoupe > N6369V > > > Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical > and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. > > - Simon Newcomb, 1902 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:49 AM > Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Unusual stall behavior > > >> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following >> any > advice in this forum.]---- >> >> >> All, >> >> I have read in many places that an Ercoupe doesn't stall, it just >> loses >> altitude. I was out with my instructor yesterday and my 415-C had some >> odd behavior at slow speeds. >> >> Under full power, at about 60 mph indicated (or a bit under) the left >> wing would just drop, along with the nose. It would quickly recover, >> since as soon as the nose dropped it would pick up speed. I had to >> give >> it right aileron to try to level the wings. >> >> At idle, the behavior was kind of scary - at 50 or 55 the left wing >> would drop again, sharply, along with the nose. I was pretty quickly >> looking at the ground! I could push the nose down and quickly recover >> in about 50 feet, and if I gave it full throttle I could recover with >> almost no altitude loss. >> >> I know now how to handle these situations, but they don't seem like >> typical Ercoupe behavior. Could the rudders not be adjusted correctly, >> causing the plane to be uncoordinated? I always received a warning >> before the stall - my left wing would start to drop off. >> >> Thanks for any information on why it might behave this way. >> >> Larry >> N99430 >> >> > ======================================================================= > ===== > == >> To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm >> Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ >> >> >> >> > > ========================================================================== ==== 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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