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My book says 25mph crosswind. I've don 25 to 30,N3619H -----Original Message----- From: Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Jameson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Coupe-List <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 11:13 PM Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: Digest list: Ercoupe Hangar Flying >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > >>From the http://www.ercoupe/org FAQ article: >Question: I rode in a Coupe on a crosswind landing and the up-wind wing >lifted so high I though we'd flip! >A few people have ridden in a Coupe which, during this yaw motion, lifted >the up-wind wing quite a ways -- and that ride is scary. Ten or twenty years >ago, the majority of Coupes were sitting on their landing gear with the >tails drooping low. Some of this was caused by aging and compressed rubber >donuts in the gear (or by old Belleville springs). On many planes, this was >worsened by replacing the original nose gear single-fork with a later >designed (and slightly longer) double-fork. > >We didn't think much of it, at first. But it was realized that this >on-the-ground position gives the wings more angle of attack that was >designed into the plane. Bill Coons of Lombard, Ill., went to an FAA >engineer in Chicago and got shims approved for the landing gear and he >passed the technique around the club. Added into the shock absorber stack, >the shims return the on-the-ground attitude of the Coupe to the designed >angle of attack in spite of compressed rubber gear donuts, aging springs, or >a longer nose gear fork. Subsequently much of the fleet has gotten >maintenance and/or shims as needed to raise the tails on the ground to the >designed 75 inches and no-lift angle of attack. > >With the tail at the right height, the Coupe's crosswind landing behavior is >the best in the industry, bar none. > >Question: How high a X-wind can a coupe handle? >Like most planes, pilots report having landed in crosswinds much higher than >the demonstrated crosswind component. Some Coupe pilots say they don't think >twice about 30 kt. direct crosswind component, others claim to have done >even higher crosswinds. In practice, many Coupe owners are comfortable >flying in crosswinds that keep them on the ground if they were flying most >other light planes. Smart pilots first work their way up to the demonstrated >croswind component listed in their owners manual. First they get fully >competent at that level, and only then experiment as their own skill and >equipment allow. Be sure your tail is at or very near regulation height of >75 inches for good crosswind behavior (see detailed discussion below). > >Ed Burkhead >http://edburkhead.com/ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Jameson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 8:46 AM >To: Ercoupe Hangar Flying >Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: Digest list: Ercoupe Hangar Flying > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > > >merry ERCOUPE xmas everyone!!!! > > my question is that a 415c coupe i am flying has a little bit of a low >tail (63 inches). i haven't got around to putting spacers in to raise the >tail. it flies and lands great. the "squirrley" landing characteristics of >a low tail are supposed to be on crosswind landings. > >can someone describe what i might be in for in a crosswind landing with this >low tail?.... thanks jm jameson? > >========================================================================= == = >== >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > >========================================================================= == === >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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