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Leslie, there's a real critical difference between an Alon or E-or-later-model with a split elevator and 415D with a straight elevator and 9 degrees of up travel. Even a C-model doesn't have the ability that you do to reliably slow the plane in ground effect and still have enough authority to flare. Also, I'd expect with your spring-gear the punishment for landing a little fast will be a bounce. The OLEO gear just tends to absorb the energy without kicking it back. Most experienced 'Coupe pilots *can* get a coupe into a football field. The question is whether they *should* be trying to. If they're flying the straight elevator, they're right on the edge of putting it on the nosewheel. Hard. The single most common Ercoupe accident is the hard landing. This is caused by coming in too slow with limited elevator travel and substantial sink. And every plane is different. Even with a split elevator it pays to work down to slower and slower speeds, always remembering there is a good 5MPH difference between sink rate power off and power on. Greg At 08:43 AM 3/3/02 -0500, N161LH 3B9 wrote: >The 'Coupe is MADE for short fields. I very rarely take more than 1K' to >land, even when I'm not trying to land 'em short. The fellow who taught >me how to fly 'Coupes can land his in 250'. I find there's no real trick >to landing her short; when that wing is done flying, it's just >done. There's no float like a Cessna. If I come in at about 70mph over >the numbers, I can bleed off the speed in ground effect very quickly, put >the nose down, and your done. > >Can't comment on your speeds, as I'm in an Alon with a C-90. ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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