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Skydivers jumped out of my Alon before I bought it. I've made a few jumps myself (not from my plane), and I'd be concerned about whacking the aileron on the way out. I'm just a little antsy about having anything mess with control surfaces in flight. Getting out of a high wing, you don't have that problem (I jumped from Cessnas with modified doors). I would think that climbing out into the relative wind would be tricky. You could probably minimize the chance of hitting the tail by sitting on the wing and sliding off, but it's a darn small plane -- only about there's something like 15' between the wing and the tail, and that's just not a lot of room for error. Things happen really, really fast once you get out of an airplane. I've put ashes out of my plane over water by putting them in brown paper bags, setting them on the wing root, and letting them slide off. I was really surprised by how much my l'il ol' arm and a small bag impacted the lift; not sure I'd want to experience what a person would do. Personally, I wouldn't recommend it. Leslie Holbrook Alon A2 N161LH Chester, CT 3B9 >A friend of mine and I are interested in learning skydiving. If we >complete all the training, I was wondering about the possibility of >making some jumps from the 'Coupe. Aside from the fact that it would >take so long to get to altitude, are there any major concerns with >jumping from an Ercoupe? I'd be most worried about hitting the tail, >and possibly the c.g. shift when the jumper left the plane. Any other >thoughts? > >-Jeff >N3888H _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ==^================================================================ 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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