Geez, another Ercoupe myth. They land just fine in a crab up to 25 MPH x-wind with or without pedals. I prefer pedals and modify my technique to use as much rudder as I can with level wings and neutral ailerons (don't want them displaced when the nosewheel touches down) and then let the airplane crab the rest of the way. But I've flown Hartmut's without pedals and it lands just fine!
Try landing with those kind of crosswinds in a Luscombe or Champ! Dave --- In [email protected], "Donald" <dongen...@...> wrote: > > For those who got their Sport Pilot today, there is an article by a Dave > Matheny on Crosswind Takeoff. Is this correct? Has anyone flown a coupe > with and without the pedals? Comments anyone? > Following is a quote from the article: "Fortunately the Ercoupe I was flying > had been modified so that its twin rudders were connected to actual rudder > pedals, unlike the standard Ercoupe. The original had its rudders and > ailerons interconnected so that all turns were automatically coordinated. > This was a feature that dwsigner Fred Weick and other aviation heavyweights > of the 1930s and 40s thought would increase safety by reducing the number of > stall-spin accidents that have always plagued aviation. They were right, as > far as Ercoupes went, because they were virtually stall-spin proof, but the > absence of independent rudder control in the standard model was a problem for > crosswind maneuvering on runways" >
