Mr Woollard, If you are ever in the San Antonio Texas area, I would be proud to take you for a ride in my 'Coupe. John N2138H
--- On Fri, 6/18/10, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: From: Donald <[email protected]> Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Coupe's To: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 18, 2010, 9:01 AM I can sympathize, I suffered a bad heart attack 5 years ago, had a defib and pacemaker installed, and take a pile of pills. Thought sure my flying days were over. I am still not my "old self", but can fly a coupe and really enjoy my second chance. Here is hoping you rejoin us down the line as a Coupe owner! --- In [email protected], "Wayne Woollard" <wooll...@...> wrote: > > Last night my Alon was sold to a successful e-bay bidder ending over 25 years > of Ercoupe/Aircoupe ownership and involvement. I will continue to be > interested with the Day to Day here on the internet, and maybe a fly-in or > two. My reasons for selling out are personal and singular. On my Sisters > Birthday in November of 2008 I suffered a heart attack, I was tended to by > the Dr.'s and sent home. > I never really got my energy back and have curtailed many of my activities. I > still am involved in local politics, and am still involved in the activities > of my Grandson, Cody who is now 18. Given enough time I can still bring in > the groceries for Grandma. > While we were getting the coupe prepared for its first annual in two years, > we discovered that slow seepage had emptied the header tank. I filled it up > with $4.79 cent gasoline and went through all the starting motions, however, > I could not get the engine to run continuously until I bled the fuel lines to > the input to the carburetor of air. Once again I wish to remind folks with > Alon's or any Coupe with a firewall mounted gascolator to be sure and keep > this option in mind. The fuel line routing is such that portions of the line > between the bottom of the tank and the input to the carburetor can develop > isolated air bubbles and these bubbles can migrate resulting in strange > engine behavior at the moment of takeoff and maximum angle of attack. I have > been preached to in the past that great modifications must be done to the > Aircoupe fuel system to prevent "Vapor Lock" and other mysterious behavior on > departure, but the truth of the matter is A.) Make sure that there is not air in the fuel lines by bleeding them, and B.) never run the header tank out of fuel. > Rather long, but nice having this chat this morning. > Wayne > > D. Wayne Woollard CPBE > o--iii--( >
