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Paul Tanzar wrote: > Unfortunately, for a good many pilots, image and ego > play a big role in their approach to flying. The > rudder pedal crowd looks down on the 'Coupes, the > tailwheel crowd looks down on the nose wheel, those > who've spun look down on those who, etc. I believe > that same image/ego factor causes pilots to put > themselves in planes they are not up to mastering, and > make go/no go decisions they shouldn't. Me, I just > like being up there on a pretty day, and if I can get > up there and back more easily, safely, and > economically, that's all that counts. I worked on a > tailwheel checkout last fall in a Cessna 140, and > after dancing on the pedals every landing, straining > to see where I was taxiing, constantly realigning the > controls to the wind as I taxied about, I thought: > why? Add to that my home airport, with its single > concrete runway that is never aligned with the wind, > and it's 'Coupe time! > Paul > I don't know why more small GA airplanes don't use the coordinated control system. At least provide a lever or knob on the panel so the pilot could select 3 contol or control. Probably 90% of the time Cessna and Mooney drivers do not need to apply rudder.Same goes for the big iron. Paul is right about pilot ego etc. I have heard all the 'kiddy car', sissy stuff too. Always amusing?, to have pilots come up to me at fly-ins and tell me that you can't land Coupes in a x-wind cause there is 'no rudders'. Lot of superstition and ignorance out there in the flying community. Craig 2623H > > --- Glen Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Wow, some people have a problem. What a bunch of > > nasty stuff. Pretty > > shameful to put it right next to ones for sale. I > > always found that kind of > > talk to be disconcerting when I was looking to buy > > one but now I am a > > believer, at least in terms of the plane's strengths > > outweighing its > > troubles. I am not sure why people ever thought it > > was a sissy plane. It > > has always seemed to me to be fairly difficult to > > fly. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You > > Choose. > > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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