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I was told once that the main reason the coupe could land in the kind of crosswinds that most planes couldn't was because the main gear was spring loaded and had some castering action to them. I'm still learning. Thanks for the correction Ed. Mike -----Original Message----- Ummm, Mike, the Coupe does NOT have a castering main gear. A Coupe's main gear is firmly rigid laterally. Only the nose-wheel swivels, just like on the Skyfarer or on a Cessna or a Bonanza. When a Coupe touches down in a crab, the firmly mounted main gear does suffer a side load while the nose gear swivels. Because the nose wheel lines up with its instantaneous direction of travel, it provides no lateral resistance. The main gear wheels DO continue to have side loading until the entire airplane rotates to line up with the direction of instantaneous motion. That is why the airplane rotates to line up with its direction of motion. If the Coupe is landed properly (not slammed down) in the crab, the side loads to the main gear are entirely supportable. Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.home.insightbb.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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