Yes Ed, I agree with you. One thing I told to my friend is that I don´t like the idea of not having the limit in the upward elevator travel.. This can allow the coupe to climb too steep, when in combination with the the C90 engine power and low weight (fabric covered wings, not metal covered).
Thanks again for all the help and advice. Next time, when everything seem to be OK, I would suggest my friend not to climb so steep, at least at take of. Daniel ________________________________ From: Ed Burkhead <[email protected]> To: Daniel Arditi <[email protected]>; ety <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:54:23 PM Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] RPM Drop during Climb Out Daniel, As far as fuel feed to the engine during extremely steep climbs, one could say that there’s no “limit” on how steep a climb a Coupe can safely do. If you try to go too steep, the fuel won’t feed, the engine will lose power, the nose will drop and the engine will immediately regain power. That’s pretty safe unless you’re trying desperately to climb over trees or a mountain ridge. There is a physical fuel-flow limit on how steeply the Coupe can climb, though, and it’s so steep it’s very rare to encounter it. Normally, your best climb just won’t be steep enough to have this problem as long as your elevator up travel is rigged the way it’s supposed to be and the center of gravity is within the allowed limits. Come to think of it, perhaps you should double-check those items. I would avoid any flying situations that forced me to need that steep of a climb. Ed
