I had an Ercoupe with rudder pedals and no brake pedal. I don't think I would want the brake pedal down there but who knows. It is not unusual for an aircraft of this vintage to have a hand brake and no foot brake. If your hand brake does not work for run up chances are the foot break will not either. After all it is still using the same master cylinder. Change the master with the Skyport master is it should work fine.
Kevin, lighten up Al, 1 --- --- In [email protected], "Al Demarzo" <noshit...@...> wrote: > > Mornin' Jim; > > IIRC, and that's been going for a while now, with pedals you also should have a center mounted hand brake. Check the contents of Erco's kit or someone's aftermarket kit (Skyport?). Also, if your pedals were installed via logbook entry, check on those planes that came equipped with pedals from the factory. That's your reference point. If it's in there you should have it. > > Al, Lovin' It, DeMarzo > > Visit the Ercoupe Swap Page > Free, Easy and No Membership Required > http://www.ercoupeowners.com/swap/swapbook.htm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Truxel > To: texasavia...@... ; [email protected] ; ebengui...@... > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 7:12 AM > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Hand brake?.. What for? > > > > Since ours has rudder pedals, the panel brake is the only one we have. It is not adequate enough to hold the aircraft in place when doing the 1700 rpm mag check. Aircraft creeps so we are doing the mag checks at 1400- -1500. We have the Cleveland brakes, all have been checked and are working as they should, but will not hold the aircraft in place. > > If you have the foot brake - be glad you do and keep both. > > Jim > N3439H > FDK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ebengui...@... > To: texasavia...@... ; [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:43 PM > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Hand brake?.. What for? > > > > I use it as a Parking Brake... I cannot use it for any thing else > While parked, I step on and hold the foot brake down then pull the hand brake, > It holds the plane in place when parked. Just like a cessna. > Prof.Ed > > > > > ************** > From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com? ncid=emlcntaolcom00000023) >
