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I can agree on one thing; The twin-tail Coupe has very little rudder authority! I cannot help but wonder what this airplane would do with a swept single tail and 1/2 the ailerons and wing flaps. It sure would eliminate ALL the safety features old Fred worked so hard to install and get approved! Probably spin like a top as well! George Frebert On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:01:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Hi all, > > Just a couple of items. This cable tension discussion seems a bit > strange to me. I can speak with authority on the subject because I know > nothing about it. It would seem to me that having four or five hundred > pounds of total cable pull would be enough to come close to collapsing > the tail cone. The rudder cables should need light tension as they do > very little on the coupe. If the elevator cables are somewhat more than > lightly tensioned, with the limited up and down travel, I can't imagine > the elevator flopping around. Regardless of what the book says, I'd be > willing to bet 30 or 40 pounds of pull on the cables would give positive > control and a lot less stress on the fuselage, bell cranks, and bearing > surfaces. I know this will drive experts nuts, but you have a good > sized cable doing very little. > > I know of a coupe that got the rudder cables backward after being worked > on. The plane had two or three annuals and two owners before the > problem was found. They said it just made sloppy steep turns, so the > first owner sold it to the second because he wasn't overly impressed > with the handling. In reality you could most likely immoblize the > rudders straight ahead and hardly notice it. > > On the bird watch warnings - I heard a student pilot in a C-150 > nervously report in a high stressed voice that he had had a near bird > strike on approach. The controller said, "Sorry, sir, there is nothing > I can do about near strikes, but I will attempt to contact the offending > flight". > > A Canada Goose did hit a C-172 on approach to Victoria, B.C. It came > through the prop, and then the windshield, and into the cockpit. The > plane got down alright, the pilot badly shaken, with feathers, blood, > and various other bird matter spread all over the cockpit. It looked > like a massacre had taken place. > > Jon Page > 415-C #2675 > > __________________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ __________________________________________________ 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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