Yes, it would. But I'd still prefer being able to do a forward slip and keep my nose pointed right at the landing site. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:37 PM To: Jerry Eichenberger Cc: [email protected]; fnelson913 Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: endorsements and limitations
A slight, gentle "S"turn will easily lose as much altitude as will flaps on a forced landing (IMHO). Fred W. ---- Jerry Eichenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ============= Personally, I'd leave the pedals in. It does make the airplane capable of limited slipping, and therefore a bit more crosswind capable. Also, when I had my D model, quite frankly, the only thing I didn't like was the prospect of a forced landing, without flaps or slipping to modulate the glide angle to the forced landing site. Yeah, yeah, I know about pulling the nose up to increase sink angle, then lowering it back down to get enough airspeed for a flare, but being able to slip makes a forced landing a lot less stressful if you're a bit high during the approach, as I'd plan to be in the real thing. Now, all that being said, realize it's from a pilot who is both a glider pilot, and one with 6,000 hours of 3 control time, and only a couple of hundred hours in a D model Coupe. So, I'm still a little biased toward 3 control. The great thing about a Coupe with pedals is that since it was designed for crosswind landings in a crab, think how neat it would be to have the option of landing in a crab, or lowering the wing and doing a conventional type crosswind landing, at your option!!! Jerry E. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of fnelson913 Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: endorsements and limitations You are correct Jerry. However, the DPE asking the question is a Sport Pilot examiner and trainer, and the question that I posed to the EAA was specific to the Sport Pilot practical test. The answer came back the same in both cases. I could ask my DPE to resubmit the question to the FAA, but I doubt that the answer will come back different. I am happy that some people are able to get their license with a 2- control aircraft (the Ercoupe is the only such aircraft allowed by the FAA) and not get the "Ercoupe without rudder pedals" restriction. My DPE will not do that for me as he is a stickler for doing things by the book. After I get my Sport Pilot ticket, I may well pull the rudder pedals out. Anyone interested in a used set of rudder pedals? Frank Nelson N51DV - 415C (now modified with rudder pedals) --- In [email protected], "Jerry Eichenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Note that all of this exchange talks about the requirements as they relate > to PRIVATE pilot; not sport pilot.
