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If I had tried to fly around at 50 ias, I'd be on the ground. I get so tired of you guys telling me that you fly at 50, cause for me to do that I'd have had to be at full throttle just to keep from falling out of the sky. It certainly wouldn't have been fun. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph.Maria Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ercoupe Hangar Flying" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Slowest Cruise Speeds > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > I'm with Hartmut. > > I can fly around at below 50mph IAS all day and not > lose altitude with the correct throttle setting. Of > course that wouldn't be considered a normal cruise, > but it's certainly possible. > > The original poster seemed to want to fly in cruise > with his buddies with their slower airplanes. This is > easily done (70-80 mph) with no harm to anything > except your sanity, you will be bored silly at those > speeds. The Coupes make much better use of their > ponies than most aircraft. > > As for "falling out of the sky" at lower airspeeds, > why propagate that myth?? The Coupes sink more than > the notorious Cessna floaters that we are all trained > on, but that simply means it takes a couple of flights > to learn new habits. I quickly came to appreciate the > Coupes' characteristics and now dislike the Cessnas' > tendency to resist landing. My landings are > consistently much better with the Coupes. > > ---------------------------- > From: Hartmut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Slowest Cruise Speeds > > That does not make sense. > When flying slow , the engine does not generate much > heat, the cowl > flaps on a Coupe are wide open all > the time and I doubt a extreme nose high attitude is > given at speeds at > around 85 MPH.... > I find my Coupe extreme nose high with 45 MPH, but > would not consider > this a practical low speed flying > technique. > All other Speeds should allow for sufficient cooling > in regard to the > power setting. > > Hartmut > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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