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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What altitude is the 1800 ft strip you flew out of at? We are >at around 2200 ft.. > That was at 995'. At 2200' you won't see much difference. If you're in Canada, the cooler average temps will help. The Coupe is a good winter plane, by the way, if you do normal prep. > > What kind of brakes do you have? This one has goodyear style. >Are cleavlands that much better? > Clevelands are that much better. Goodyears can be adequate if you have good disks and pads. Goodyears can have the disk escape the $#%^% clips. I had that happen once and almost lost the plane since it failed to no brakes. I made a U turn at the end of the runway and the Coupe did that well at about 30 mph. Usually, when the disk pops out of the Good year clips, it fails to one-wheel-locked which probably wouldn't cost you the plane and would probably be a walk-away-cursing event. This doesn't happen often but it can happen. Clevelands just work. Well. > > I can see where there would be a bit of a scramble after >powering up for a go around to push the wheel forward as the >trim controle is on the left side on this coupe while the throttle is on >the right! > Don't mess with the trim control till you've established a positive and stable climb. My trim is on the throttle quadrant so I don't have so much fuss. >The tail is too low but this may be because a lot of the engine >stuff is still off. > DO NOT DISCOUNT THE TAIL-LOW! Get the plane put together, engine attatched, etc. Then measure the tail height. It should be 75". It needs to be 72" or higher. Tail-low will give you a tendency for the up-wind wing to lift during the take-off roll and even worse so on the landing roll-out. You'll also get excessive skitter toward the down-wind edge of the runway. It's BAD NEWS! It's so easy to correct, it would be REALLY STUPID to go fly with a tail below 70" and just normally STUPID to fly with the tail below 72". To fix it, get a set of new rubber donuts from Skyport and install them. Do that before you put the plane together since the plane hasn't been flying for a while. Also order the 7/16" shim set from Skyport. You may not need the shims since you have the single-fork nose gear but I used the shims and my tail is smack on 75" with my single fork nose gear. The Coupe was designed to dump the lift when it's rolling on the ground with the wings at very low angle of attack. If the tail is low, you're at a distinctly positive angle of attack with quite a bit of lift. When I bought my Coupe 23 years ago, there were a LOT of tail low Coupes and we thought the bad crosswind behavior of many Coupes was an unavoidable part of the design. Later, some people figured out that, if the plane sits on the ground at the angle of attack originally designed into it, the take-off and landing behavior is exceptionally good in crosswinds. Have I emphasized this enough, yet? GET THE DONUTS! (Get the shims too, in case you need them.) Install the donuts, measure, install the shims if you need to BEFORE YOU GO FLY THE PLANE! Not much cost, not much labor, BIG DIFFERENCE IN SAFETY AND FLYING COMFORT! Ed Burkhead N3802H, ERCO 415-D http://www.ercoupe.org ==^================================================================ 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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