Well, if you don't have a "gyroscopic rate of turn indicator" and a "slip skid indicator" you can't fly at night or VFR over the top conditions. Not having a turn and slip indicator would be ok for sport pilot, but would hamper those who are not limited to sport pilot rules and would be fine for someone who never, ever gets caught in marginal VFR conditions. Best bet is to have a turn and slip and get enough training to fly straight and level plus be able to make a 180 degree turn on partial panel instruments. That would be two minutes of turn at half standard rate, which is a long, long time when the chips are down. Bart
--- In [email protected], "Hartmut Beil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bart, > what makes you think that "we are all supposed to have a turn and bank indicator > installed in the Ercoupe" ? > > I don't recall the T&B required for VFR flight, nor being original equipment in factory Ercoupes. > > Hartmut > > > >
