Kim
The split elevator is the better design in all elevators. Combined with the spring actuated stop that holds the elevator in position at 13 degrees up it allows for a 20 degrees up deflection and is the best combination that you can have in an Ercoupe. The spring stop must be overcome with manual force, so you can not accidentally trim the plane for a slower speed than 60 MPH. The deflection of 20 degrees up allows flaring the Coupe at slower speeds than other Coupes. The elevator is actually not a split elevator - some early developments were testing a slit elevator. But the final outcome was a cut-out elevator that allowed for passing the prop wash through the elevator without effecting it. Thus even at applied full power, the Ercoupe would not be pushed into a nose high flight attitude, the reason for limiting the other elevators in up travel. For me these are all positive features. My Coupe had the split elevator installed when I bought it. I like it and I never ran out of elevator travel. Nor did I hit another Coupe :-) Hartmut To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:28:27 -0800 Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Split elevator I'm looking at using the best parts of the salvage from my 415D to add to a 415C I found. While it appears to be in pretty good shape, I could use a good Ercoipe pre-buy checklist. Any body have one? By the way, this new (to me) 415C has metal wings and a split elevator is this a good thing? What does the split elevator bring in positives or what are the negatives? Trying to get flying again... Kim Blackseth _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969
