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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Burkhead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:57 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[email protected]'
> Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Fabric wings and short and soft field ops
>
>
>
> Ed Olds asked:
> > what are the preferred methods for short and soft
> > field takeoffs and landings?
>
> Takeoff procedures are about identical to the Cessna or Piper in which you
learned to fly.
>
> On landings, hold the nose wheel off during the initial gear touchdown
while the airplane is
> turning to line up with the direction of motion. Hold the
nose-gear-control very lightly and
> allow it to turn left-right freely.
>
> Two-control landing procedures really don't differ significantly from
other planes except
> 1. You land in a crab
> 2. Don't let yourself get too slow into the high sink-rate regime.
>
> Three-control landing procedures, ditto, except:
> 1a. Crosswind landings up to around 15 mph, you can choose to land
one-wing-low, lined
> up with the runway OR in the crab
> 1b. Crosswind landings over 15 mph, you can do a conventional airplane
combo maneuver,
> approaching one-wing-low-with-a-crab and kicking out the crab and wing low
at the last
> instant OR, just land it in a crab like any self-respecting Coupe (easier,
I found).
> 2. Ditto.
>
> I think that about covers it.
>
> Wish I could tell you technically knowledgeable things about fabric wing
care. I just
> washed mine with running water and an old rag or soft brush, rarely using
soap even on
> bugs. Pledge is reputed to be good on leading-edge bugs but I mostly just
used the running
> water and elbow grease. I usually got my tennis shoes wet.
>
> Ed
>
> Ed Burkhead
> http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/index.htm East Peoria, Illinois
> ed -at- edbur???khead.??com (remove the ? marks and change -at-
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