In a message dated 4/2/2008 8:47:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm not a test pilot so I don't have a lot of experience with trying to spin a coupe. Under most conditions I feel it would be almost impossible to do so due to the design of the aircraft. That said, my theoretical concern would be: If you did manage to stall and spin a coupe (for what ever reason or in whatever way), then what would you do? I believe that if you are instructing spins, both pilots should be wearing parachutes. Getting out of a spinning coupe wearing a chute would be somewhat difficult at best. Without a chute, I wonder if an ercoupe can recover from a fully developed spin? With the limited rudder input available, the problem would be not "How do you spin a coupe; but how do you recover? . . John, I'm glad you wrote all that so that I wouldn't have to! I agree with you 100%. For some reason, someone trying to force a Coupe into a spin reminds me of a cat climbing head first into a glass milk bottle. "Duh, ...Now whaddo I do?" Best Regards, Wayne DelRossi Alon N5618F "Nobody has ever scientifically proven that life is supposed to be serious." **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
