On Mar 31, 2010, at 23:09, William R. Bayne wrote: > > Wayne was "substantially correct" that "...adding the Sky-Tex starter > is a 1 way proposition" in the same economic sense that an aircraft is > considered "totalled" beyond a certain economic level of repair. I, > too believe in the purity of his intent. > > Any aircraft can be "repaired" by elevating the data plate and > replacing everything underneath. That which is considered "not > repairable" in the strictly economic sense is likely > different between
> Jay Schuman, who > is an A&P, and the average coupe owner (that "reaches" financially to > install the Sky-Tex in the first place). Jay's post I received at > 14:12:46 CDT concurred with Wayne that undoing the conversion "...would > not be economically feasible". > > There is a place for perfection in expression, primarily because when > information leading to a wrong conclusion by readers is not > supplemented with further information leading to the correct conclusion > our "newbies" can be needlessly confused. All information sounds > authoritative to those new to aviation or new to the coupe. In such a > case, the added information serves a legitimate and worthwhile purpose. > > No one can say that your clarification here is not true (in the > absolute sense). Because in this case Wayne conveyed the correct > "impression" about the conversion, and others agreed with > clarification, I'm not sure whether your "different argument" clarifies > or confuses the original "point". It can be subjective, I'll be the > first to admit. > > Regards, > > WRB > > -- > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 22:05, Professor Ed 1%er wrote: > >> >> >> So, to say that one can "never go back" after such a conversion is not >> true. One COULD go back if he or she wanted to spend the money to do >> so. That's a different argument. >> >> Carl LaVon > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ercoupe-tech/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > >
