Agree. That guy is out of touch with the Ercoupe market, which is US! Eliacim ----- Original Message ----- From: kgassert To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Looking for used rudder pedal kit for C
Does anyone know who those people are that have all that stuff on EBay? It says ArizonaPlanez. They put all that stuff on at a ridiculous starting bid price and when they got no takers they put them on buy it now for the same ridiculous price. All the stuff has been sitting there for months because the prices are at least twice what it is worth. The rudder peddles he has are the peddles only and none of the rest of the parts and he wants $200. I tried to get them for less and he declined. I told him that there was more parts to the kit then he had and that an Ercoupe really didn't need them anyway. He thinks some home builder will pay that for them. I don't know any homebuilder that will pay that for some welded up tubes that he will have to modify to fit. It would be easer and cheaper to weld up from scratch. Kevin1 --- In [email protected], "John Craparo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a set of rudder pedals on ebay currently. If you search for > Ercoupe you have to scroll down toward the bottom to find them. > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Mitch, > > > > > > > > Coupes certainly don't *need* rudder pedals for any mission except > > training student pilots. > > > > > > > > Wayne is right except when he says the rudders "won't have enough > > authority to even matter." They aren't big rudder surfaces, it's true, but > > they did let me land lined-up, one wing low to compensate for direct > > crosswinds up to 15 mph. > > > > > > > > Over 15 mph, I landed it level, in the crab, just like any self- respecting > > Coupe. > > > > > > > > And, the pedals allow a mild increase in glide angle if you're a bit high, > > but this isn't dramatic. > > > > > > > > You can also use the pedals to keep the dirty side down while folding maps > > and such with both hands. > > > > > > > > My Coupe had the pedals when I bought the plane and I was never *quite*annoyed with them enough to pay to have them ripped out. If you've got the > > pedals, you *do* have to push them, trying to match the coordination of > > the automatic, linked rudders. And, it takes a fairly large amount of pedal > > motion. > > > > > > > > Pedals do cramp your legs on long flights. They cramp your passenger's > > legs even on short flights because the passenger is trying to keep their > > feet off the pedals so they won't crash the plane (passengers do worry about > > such things). > > > > > > > > If you're going to use the plane for a trainer, then having the pedals > > could be a good idea. Otherwise, I'd advise against them. > > > > > > > > With about 800 hours of Coupe-with-pedal time, > > > > > > > > Ed > > > > > > > > >
