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Well Jeff,
I used to fly a Piper Colt. My instructor indicated that the glide
ratio on the Colt was about the same as a 1200 pound cook stove. The
Coupe
is about the same. But, in an emergency situation is is easy to pick your
landing spot. Throw something heavy out the window, watch where it
impacts
mother earth, and you will know the near vicinity of where you want to
land.
Larry
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From: "jag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ercoupe" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:42 PM
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>
> A quote from Jon Page
> ....and with the power off it will fall out of the sky below 70 to 75
M.P.H.
> like a chrome plated manhole cover.
>
> As I've read through the archives, I've come across similar references
to
> how fast the ercoupe sinks when it gets slow. But being that the only
planes
> I've piloted are the C150, C172 and Challenger Ultralights, my
comprehension
> of how fast that is is limited. If I were to compare the 172's to the
> Challenger, the Challenger sinks much quicker on landing but is still
very
> controllable during the sink.
>
> I've flown a few times now in an Ercoupe and have never felt the feeling
of
> "falling out of the sky"... I'm sure the pilots flying them kept their
speed
> up. The question comes when you have a power loss. My understanding is
to
> keep the speed up to minimize the sink rate without power which
ultimately
> gives you a lot less time to pick, manuvere and prepare for an emergency
> landing.
>
> If what I've written above is somewhat accurate, how does this high sink
> rate compare to other planes such as the Mooney, Bonanza, Piper Warriers
and
> Cherokees? Do they all fly emergency power offs with the same degree of
> risk?
>
> I'm new to the Ercoupe. In fact I'm in the process of buying an Ercoupe.
I
> am sold on the qualities of the coupe, I understand the need to manage
the
> airspeed at all times of normal maneuvers and am ok with that, I'm just
a
> little nervous about the amount of time that will be available to manage
a
> power out situation once I've set my glide to be at 80mph+.
>
> I guess coming from a Challenger where you fly "low and slow", I will
need
> to fly "faster and higher" to give myself more time if/when that time
comes.
> Comments would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
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