Hey Don: Are you planning to make the changes yourself or paying someone
else to make them? The reason I ask, is a lot of time/work is required to
make the changes. If you have an estimate (or contract) to do that for $1300
you are lucky.
You can purchase a used serviceable elevator, but unless you are
placing the split elevator on your Ercoupe, you will have to reduce the up
travel of the elevator to 9 degrees to comply with the STC. This will increase
the landing speed by about 10 mph from what you have now. You will have to
decide whether the approximately 50 pounds of GW increase is worth it. ( I
personally prefer using the split elevator so you have 20 degrees of up
travel)
Lynn Nelsen
In a message dated 2/22/2010 12:14:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I would like to upgrade my sn 977 to the 1320 gross. However, I do not
have the elevator with the trim tab, and would have to also add the cable and
control for the trim tab. Costs for all that would be about $1300 for the
increase. I am questioning if it is actually worth that much to me.
I have two questions: One, someone said once that a trim tab could be
added to my elevator, has anyone done this recently or has an old elevator
that the tab has been added to on their plane?
Second, how much weight does that add to my plane? Obviously I would not
gain the entire 60 lbs, since the hinge, tab, and control would eat up some
of the 60 lbs.
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