I have been tearing my coupe apart to put in new window channel material, the old ones had gone pretty bad. The felt had come loose and had bunched up pretty well locking the window travel. Can I assume you are going to go with new window welts?
--- In [email protected], "James B. Brennan" <j...@...> wrote: > > > Today I was attending a Civil Air Patrol class on mountain flying > > in Winchester Va when an Ercoupe landed and was getting fuel. As > > most of us do - I walked out to visit with the pilot and to look at > > his Coupe, comparing it with mine. As he was sliding the pilot side > > window down it cracked near the back track and slowly the crack > > moved along the window. He had just picked up the Coupe and stopped > > for fuel before flying home to Rhode Island. > > > > As everything was closed since it was a weekend I found some clear > > shipping tape in the Admin building. We taped the window shut, > > sealed the crack as best we could, he entered the Coupe from the > > right side and away he went towards home. I put several layers of > > tape on the crack in different directions to hold it in place. We > > looked for duct tape but no luck. > > > > Hopefully he will make it to his home base without any more > > problems. Never know what you will be confronted with on a nice > > Saturday afternoon. Especially when an Ercoupe makes your day. > > > > Jim Truxel > > N3439H > > 415C > > Frederick, Md > > > I feel bad about taking so long to reply, but I'm still kind of > recovering from: Fri. - motoring from RI to WV, Sat. getting to > hostile mechanic's place about 10 AM and my friend loaded my spare > parts into my van while I tried to sort out the "new" bird and deal > with the mechanic, the paperwork and his extortion. As some of you > know, I killed my first Ercoupe 8/08 in Wisconsin and bought a > project plane from a fellow in VA and this guy was recommended to me > to take the good stuff from my smash-plane and make a good one out of > the two. Medium success... I had hoped for something pretty cherry, > but it turns out to be kind of on a par with what I had from '05-'08, > but new paint (but not the design I specified...) and nice paint on > the panel, except for his five big gouges in the new panel paint (and > lots of overspray just for good measure). Like the song goes, "you > don't know what you've got 'till it's gone" or something to that > effect. Anyway, having not flown since 8/08, it was a little > terrifying flying out of the guys short grass strip (the deal was > that he was to fly it to Winchester for me... so I would start with > it at OKV - 5000' there) (I'm still good with my last Flight Review, > so it was quite legal), but I got it up & out and into Winchester > where I needed gas (thank goodness it was pretty light getting off > the grass). In trying to get out, the side window was all bound up > and I could not correct it - it broke. About that time, Jim Truxel > showed up and took mercy on my plight. He got a roll of tape and > taped the window together. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JIM!!!!!! So I got my > 100 LotsaLead, did three in the pattern (now around noon) and went to > Carlisle and topped off. Then direct to Westerly, RI, fill up and > got it in the hangar, and my wife helped me get the junk into the car > and she drove me home in the dark. Then I got a meal, having nothing > since breakfast around 8. > > Bottom line, we seem to have a wonderful ersatz fraternal order here > and it is obviously a wonderful thing. When Jim showed up with > Ercoupe on his polo shirt, I asked if he was on the "jungle > telegraph" and he said yes and told me his name, which was familiar. > When I got back, Lynn Nelson kindly helped me with information on my > elevator rigging (now have split on my 415-C, but rigged wrong), and > Mike at Skyport was super this morning, giving me the size of the > window - I now have two sheets of plexi from a local shop (my brother > got my mind right and told me to do both sides). Thanks again to all > who helped! > > Jim Beach Brennan > NC93963 > 415C > Westerly, RI > > And the project resumes... replacing the window(s), cleaning the > overspray, getting the elevator rigged, and so on and on and on. > Maybe someday it will be fine... thought it would be all done, but > now it feels like I am starting all over again. And so it goes... > Hope to see y'all in Illinois this fall. I will post a photo of the > "new" plane when I have something. >
