The magazine is Sport Aviation and the author is listed as a private pilot and an FAA Ground Instructor who has been flying light aircraft including ultralights for almost 30 years. I was not overly impressed with the article as it was quite inaccurate and/or poorly edited. Since EAA consolidated several of their magazines into one, I have noticed several articles that followed a similar pattern and were not really worthy of publication. I'm sure that EAA's intent is to publish more articles by members; but it is too bad tbat they seem to be relaxing their editorial standards to do so.
John Roach N 2427H Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Donald" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:21:53 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Rudder Pedals - or not That was pretty much my opinion of it too. [email protected], "Kevin" <kgass...@...> wrote: > > I read the article and he obviously borrowed the Ercoupe and knows nothing > about them. First he whines about a measly 10 MPH crosswind and then somehow > manages to take off in an Ercoupe with the ailerons into the wind. That must > have been hard on the nose wheel plowing it down the runway sideways. Good > thing he was on ice. > > Kevin1 > > > > --- In [email protected], "Donald" <DonGeneda@> 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" > > >
