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Larry!
If you find that you are not above gross wt.& still getting this kind
of behaviour, it could
be that you are getting too much up elevator. A quick way to check is to
look on the trailing edge of
one
of the rudders on the inboard side.
There should be a little divit between the rivits. This marks the upper
limit of travel
of the elevator. If the elevator moves abouve this mark,
then your plane is out of rig for a C model. I believe up is 13 degrees &
down is 12.
I find that with our coupe, you don't have to be very far over gross
before you get a wing to drop.
Darwin
Larry Snyder wrote:
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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
> >
> >
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> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >
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