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Dear Alan. When I was trying top put the C-90 engine in plane, my mechanic agreed that more horsepower is always good, making it safer to fly. Thinking a little bit further I believe that anything what makes you land slower is also good for you and your plane. That's why planes are using flaps. It is all about the feel of safety with a slower landing speed. In that regard see the split elevator as the flaps for an Ercoupe. Coupes stall around 56 fully loaded at 1400## and around some thirty miles with empty tanks and only a pilot in there. But yet, if you happen to own a 415-D you are required to come over the fence at 80 miles because your elevator restriction does not allow you to flare the damn thing otherwise. This is silly and also dangerous when trying a spot landing in a short field in an emergency. There are circumstances where a pilot has a limited choice. I think having more choices makes the Aircraft safer to fly. I would not want to miss my split tail, giving me the option to land short and slow. There might be a day when I need to do exactly that. Hartmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]--- > Harlmut, I do not agree with you as far as the safety of > the straight tail as compared to the split tail. Both > are great, safe aircraft. The split tail just allows for > slower speed ops. You just have to know the limits of > the airplane you are operating. It's the pilot, in this > case, that makes the safe operations. ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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