[ercoupe-tech] Re: VFR Cloud busters

[robertbartunek]

As long as we are all supposed to have a turn and bank indicator 
installed in the Ercoupe, I would recommend that everyone get a CFI to 
ride along and teach them to fly needle ball and airspeed. It is 
actually easier to do than you think.  For an emergencey "going IFR" or 
more correctly "going IMC" situation, a 180 degree turn can be executed 
very nicely on the turn and bank indicator.  In fact, some of the 
finest instrument approaches I have ever seen to very low minimums 
(100' and 1/2m) were done using only needle ball and airspeed.  But, 
the guy was trained to do it.
Further, straight and level on the turn and bank is a piece of cake, if 
you practice say, once a month.
Bart