Hi Bill, I have experienced similar situations when holding the nose high with full back control position....It seems to take about 30 sec to a minute of excessive nose high nose high position to occur. I believe it is due to loss of flow to the carb as the header tank is now level with or below the carb, preventing gravity fuel flow...... I show about 38 mph on the a/s indicator, with no actual stall until the engine quits. I suspect this is the reason for the elevator restriction on D model coupes to 9 degrees up, and may be worse in 85 hp engines. Wonder if it occurs with a 65 hp coupe ??? Mine is restricted to 9 degrees up travel, but with the bagggage compartment somewhat loaded, the CG is now far enough back to allow the excessive nose up condition. Interesting, this may be the result of repositioning the fuel overflow line from the stand up tube, to the overflow vent placed on the rear of the header tank...perhaps resulting in a lower outlet level...resulting in a slightly lower fuel level in the header tank than original specs........... Fly Safe - Have Fun Harry Francis N93530
--- On Wed, 10/8/08, wbuhles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: wbuhles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Power Loss in Dive To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 5:44 PM Yesterday I did a power on stall and then let the nose drop into a brief dive. When I did this the engine lost power with a drop in rpm to 1500, then it came back up quickly. Is it possible to stop fuel flow to the carb by pulling zero g's? Is there any other possible explanation? Runs OK otherwise. Bill Buhles N94157
