"Blueskies"  wrote in
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> "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message
> news:Xns9A2A1BE5D4F44pissupropeeh{at}207.14.116.130... 
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>>>
>>> The Ercoupe was an interesting airplane. It had a placard on the
>>> panel that said "This airplane is incapable of
spinning" The rudder
>>> (what there was of it) was directly linked to the yoke and any
>>> tendency to spin was automatically countered. No rudder pedals..just
>>> a brake pedal and a yoke. If I remember right, I think the elevator
>>> was limited to 13 degrees as well which made it real hard to even
>>> stall. It would mush like hell but stay on the front side of it's
>>> max Cl line. Landing that thing was something else. A Lot of people
>>> don't know this but Tex Johnston out at Boeing practiced crosswind
>>> landings in an Ercoupe just to get the feel of landing in a crab
>>> since he couldn't drop a wing in the prototype -80 because of the
>>> engine pods. It was a great little airplane to fly and a lot of fun.
>>> The one fault we found with it was a high sink rate that could
>>> develop on final if you let it get too slow. But if you kept the
>>> speed up a bit it was a joy to fly. Never did get one to spin!! :-)
>>>
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>> Yeah, I checked a guy ( and myself) out in one that he had restored.
>> The manual actually told you to hold th estick full aft to increse
>> your sink rate if you were high on finals!
>>
>> !!!!!
>>
>>
>> Bertie
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> That, and you can hang your hand out the side slide down window which
> acts like a spoiler. A guy on the field here has I think 4 'Coupes
> along with his Twister and Meyers 200. Sometimes I think he prefers
> the 'Coupes over them all. He mumbles under his breath damn cessners
> and pippers... 
> 
> 
He has a Meyers 200 and an Ercoupe? 

Now that's  a werid combination! 

The ercoupe was an effecient airplane even by today's standards. Remeber 
it came out in 1938 and it's an astonishing bit of airplane. 
Stil too girly for me, though! 

Bertie
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