The original spinner was junk - in my humble opinion. The back plate was subject to cracking and breaking. Why the skull cap is even an issue has not been discussed. It isn't because lots of coupe owners decided throw away a good spinner and then buy a skull cap. It's because they got stuck buying a new nose bowl and spinner. I suspect that all a person has to do is to carry a photo of his last broken back plate and cut up nose bowl. Mike
--- In [email protected], "John Cooper" <j...@...> wrote: > > I don't think what Fred said or what the engineers remember or what life's > experience teaches speaks to the original question, which (I think) was "is > it legal to install a skull cap spinner on an Ercoupe as a minor > modification, or, for that matter, no spinner at all." > > > > I should point out that I doubt if any IA will loose his ticket over this, > or anyone get thrown in the pokey. The worst that is likely to happen is > someone will get grounded until the discrepancy is corrected. However, I > still believe that, should it come down to the FAA's decision, no supporting > data for removing or changing the spinner will surface, and the ruling will > be that the factory spinner is required. I could be wrong, but, until > proven so my advice is to install the correct spinner as listed in the parts > catalog. > > > > John Cooper > > Skyport Services > > www.skyportservices.net > > _____ >
