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What does having a death grip on the wheel have to do with it. If you're coming in slow, you're going to be nose high. If everything works the way it was designed, I suspect the aircraft will be parallel with the runway before the nose wheel touches down. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Percy Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] THANKS FOR THE TAIL LOW REPLIES!! > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > At 10:39 AM 12/26/02 -0800, Jon Page wrote: > > >Hartmut. > > I found that to stay on the ground and more or less in control of > >things, you must hold the plane off the ground as long as possible. > > Pretty correct, Jon. > There are two cross wind situations: Taking off and landing. > In the first, the object is to hold the Ercoupe on the ground > until well above flying speed. That's 60 MPH indicated on > mine. Then rotate smartly. Do not try to fly it off, as it might > drag along the runway. If there is still an upwind wing lift > because the cross wind got under it, try angling accross the > runway into the wind. If that still does not do the trick, think > about staying on the ground! > For landing, Mr. Bob Sanders, ERCO test pilot, recommended > landing slow. Again, no speed increase, as per other unmentioned > airplanes whose name begins with C. The objective here is to > gain and adhere to the center line of the runway. If your center of > mass is going down the CL, so will you when you first hit. The > trailing arm main gear will allow the Ercoupe to settle in and > turn towards the actual direction of motion. Slow speed and > correct tail heigth will kill the lift and you have arrived. A big > secret here is not to have a death grip on the wheel. That way, > the nose wheel can pivot to the direction of travel. > This is just another rendition of what Ed has been saying. > Percy in (foggy, temps mid-40's F) Portland > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 10/24/02 > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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