EAA has several publications catering to different interest groups.
The main publication is "SportAviation," but also another aimed at the LSA market titled "Sport Pilot & light-sport aircraft." I received the latter for a short time, then switched back to SportAviation. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Rudder Pedals - or not Duh! How can one think "Sport Aviation" and type "Sport Pilot"? And I have you by almost 20 years as a member too! Thanks for the correction there, us old people have to be watched pretty closely it seems. --- In [email protected] <mailto:ercoupe-tech%40yahoogroups.com> , Syd Cohen <sydl...@...> wrote: > > Donald, > > Do you mean "Sport Aviation?" I've been an EAA member since 1975 and I don't know about any magazine called "Sport Pilot." > > Syd > > > > On Jul 6, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Donald wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry, assumed everybody was familiar with the EAA, Experimental Aircraft Association. They publish a monthly magazine of interest to types like us. > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:ercoupe-tech%40yahoogroups.com> , John Craparo <john.craparo@> wrote: > > > > > > Sorry, What is "Sport Pilot"? Who publishes it? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > John > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:32 PM, 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" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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