John, as far as I know, the problem with the floats on earlier Ercoupes has to
do with the spin proof capability and if I remember well, the Ercoupe with
floats came with pedals, and the spin test was not passed, as it was very
difficult if not impossible to recover the plane with floats from a spin.
Surely someone in the group may explain this better than me.
Best regards
Daniel Arditi
Ercoupe Argentina
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From: John Craparo <john.crap...@gmail.com>
To: ety <ercoupe-tech@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 10:05:30 PM
Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Thinking about all the other Ercoupes which are not C
and D...
I was thinking about floats today while I gazed at one of Bill Coons great pen
and ink sketches.
It struck me that if the Edo float tests had been successful so long ago, then
the complete Ercoupe fleet could be legal as S-LSA if they were fitted with
floats due to the 1430 lb top limit for seaplanes...
Would that be the case? For a possible instance, Luscombe and others that do
have certified floats that can be fitted to the later models would be legal as
S-LSA aircraft...
Anyone care to opine?
Thanks,
John
