Having owned and flown both 2 control and 3 control Ercoups and currently flying a Luscombe I found that the Ercoupe is the best crosswind landing small plane out there. Where the rudder pedals come in handy is on a cross wind take off. Anyone who has taken off in a heavy cross wind with a 2 control has suffered the "WILL MY WING CLEAR THE GROUND" feelings.....
Mike Sigman --- In [email protected], "bigbrownpi...@..." <bigbrownpi...@...> wrote: > > 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 >
