Lee, I understand your position, but respectfully disagree.
No "private" email to Kevin would dissuade him from continuing to jerk my chain publicly (as do a few others, on occasion). The problem, and it IS a problem, exists because self policing has proven ineffective here time and time again. The conspicuous absence of swift and effective moderation is why meaningful standards of civility have yet to be established. We can't "keep" what we don't have. WRB -- On Mar 11, 2010, at 12:25, [email protected] wrote: > > > Bill, > > I understand your position, but as we attempt to keep this forum > civil, the tech site would be better served if you had sent the email > directly to Kevin and not to the entire forum. > > Lee Browning > > > Kevin, > > Your remark is obviously premeditated and intended to intimidate. > Without admission or explanation you convey utter contempt for both my > post and my very right to post. We need to "clear that up". > > Speaking NOT "for everyone who flies an Ercoupe", but only the ones > that read the factory instructions, I refer you to page 5 of the > Ercoupe Instruction Manual. Under the subject of "Cruising", it says: > > "The cruising speed will be approximately 5 mph higher with the windows > closed. Therefore to obtain the best possible cruising performance, > the windows should be closed and the airplane should be flown at the > highest altitude at which cruising rpm can be obtained, due > consideration being given, of course, to the wind and the weather." > > Question No. 1.: In the preceding context, if my first sentence (see > below) is inaccurate, misleading, or off topic, can you explain > further? > > Question No. 2.: In the context of an Ercoupe flying relatively high > for an extended period in cruise flight with mostly closed windows, are > my expressed concerns with leakage at the joints in the Ercoupe exhaust > system unjustified, misleading, or off topic and, if so, precisely how? > > Question No. 3: Do you consider your remark, which offered no > knowledge or experience, consistent with Ed Burkhead's repeated desire > to maintain a "collegiate atmosphere" on TECH? > > Those who see their Ercoupe merely as a top-down low altitude "flivver" > are certainly free to enjoy that experience, but they have less > altitude in case of emergency and are at greater risk from TV and > communications towers and guy wires. They burn more fuel getting > anywhere, and they get there more slowly. Such choice has effects that > should be understood and accepted. > > When I'm just up for the joy of flight on a given day I, too, throttle > back and putter around. Here is no advantage in going nowhere at 105+ > mph. At 80 mph less fuel is burned and one's leisure savored. > Because wind buffeting is not a sensation I find pleasant any more, the > only time I fully open the sidescreens is to impress a passenger or > take pictures. The added stress keeping a landing spot within gliding > range when flying at low altitude tends to minimize the time I linger > below 2500' AGL. Each to their own. > > WRB > > -- > > On Mar 11, 2010, at 07:32, Kevin wrote: > > > Bill, > > > > Thanks for clearing that up and once again speaking for everyone who > > flies an Ercoupe. > > > > Kevin1 > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], William R. Bayne <ercog...@...> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi Kevin, Bob > >> > >> No one desiring speed or efficiency cross country in an Ercoupe > flies > >> "open cockpit" at 6,000+. Beyond that, the seal of the exhaust > >> stack-to-muffler joints in MANY Ercoupes leak. The engine > compartment > >> is of higher pressure than the cabin, and a little carbon monoxide > >> goes > >> a long way toward progressive incapacitation of occupants unaware. > >> > >> It's true that normally the air change within the cabin area is > >> sufficient that there is no problem. It is also true that a clamp > can > >> fail or seam open further in flight without occupant awareness. We > >> literally bet our lives each time we fly without the ability to > >> monitor > >> the level of carbon monoxide present at any given time in the cabin. > >> > >> When it is obvious I can't win, I don't gamble. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> WRB
