On Jan 19, 10:21 am, Bertie the Bunyip  wrote:
> "Blueskies"  wrote
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> > "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message
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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!
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> >> !!!!!
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> >> 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...
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> He has a Meyers 200 and an Ercoupe?
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> Now that's  a werid combination!
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> 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!
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> Bertie
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Sad story follows...

A friend has a thing for Ercoupes. Been looking for one for years
within his price range -- around $15k.

Sees an ad in trade-a-plane, calls., the widow states, "I have to get
17 -- my husband said it was worth 17."

"Well, for the equipment you have in it, etc..all I can offer is 15."

"Sorry."

Months later.. he calls back, "You still have that airplane?"

"Yep, and not selling it for less than 17."

"OK."

A few months later 'You still have that airplane?"

"Nope..sold it to a fellow -- he paid 17."

"Well, that's pretty good. Seventeen thousand is a good price for an
ercoupe."

Silence.

"Ma'am?"

"Seventeen thousand, you said?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"I sold it for seventeen hundred -- and included all the boxes of
parts."

More conversation ensues --seems the deceased was restoring it, hoping
to place at Oshkosh -- thus the minimal equipment listed. Included
lots of brandy-new spares, parts, etc.

For $1,700.

Yikes.

Moral -- clarify your terms!

Dan
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