Kurt, You may have missed my original question. It really had nothing to do with spins, but rather why the Coupe acted as it did during a full power on stall. Simple request for info, no request for questions back asking why anyone would try to spin a Coupe. I was worried that the rigging might be off and the coupe might need the rigging to be checked. I did receive very pertinent and helpful answers to my request for info and I think many others learned something also. Which is what this forum is all about. thanks, Lee Browning
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must be missing something. Why would you even want to try to put an Ercoupe in a spin? The correct procedure for spin recovery in most airplanes that can spin is: 1. Reduce throttle 2. Neutralize ailerons 3. Full opposite rudder until spin rotation stops. 4. Nose down and recover from the stall. 5. Add power back in and fly away. Since you can't control the rudder independently from the ailerons, you can't do Steps 2 & 3. If you could ever get the Ercoupe in a "REAL" spin, you better hope it will fly "itself" out. Kurt On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:47:29 -0500, David Winters wrote > characteristically incapable of spinning". This is from the days when we all > DID learn spin recovery by actually doing them. It was fair warning for any > flight instructor to just forget the "spin training" part of his syllabus. > It was not wise to try spins. A long time has passed since then. Like me, > the Ercoupe was not aerobatic when it was young. We are both old, now. > Accordingly, aerobatics are even less wise, for either one of us. Since spins in the Ercoupe are an unknown quantity, that makes them test-pilot stuff. Wisdom would seem to dictate that test pilot stuff be left to test pilots, who at least get paid for their cheap thrills. > Grins, > Dave Winters > _____________________________________________________________ Paying too much credit card interest? Find low APR credit cards. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/REAK6ZpP5FtRJP6DbrtTesbUgNrKBAzfCNJXqDzY1gkkHvfMQWiQgS/
