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Could be, but I haven't bounced it yet. You will get a bit of a stick, but I've never had it bound like a Cessna might. I still find it easier to land the 'Coupe short than any Cessna. >From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Short Field Coupe Landings >Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 08:58:20 -0500 > >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. > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ==^================================================================ 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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