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No Ron, I hardly think that I "murdered" the Ercoupe. If anything, it died of old age. That is hardly false information. Rather, it is exactly what happened with my coupe and nothing more. Ron, maybe you should grow up. GW -----Original Message----- From: Ron Burke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Wrecked my Ercoupe >You are WRONG... If the coupe is rigged right and the tail is at the correct >height, once the nose wheel is down it will stay down unless you pull back. >period > >You were fast and PIO'd her to death. You didn't trust that she would care >for you. > >I am very glad YOU are still here and have not given up on flying, and I am >sorry that you murdered her. > >Another lost Ercoupe... oh the inhumanity of it all. > > >But keep up the false information about the Scare Coupe... I want to get >another one cheep >Ron Burke > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "GW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:41 PM >Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Wrecked my Ercoupe > > >> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- >> >> The tail height was fine on the coupe I had. The struts had been rebuilt >> less than 2 years before and the plane stood up tall like it's supposed >to. >> I am not sure what caused it. I would say it was a combination of overall >> bad luck, hitting the bump at just the right speed, lack of elevator >control >> that plagues coupes, and desperate attempts to get it back under control >> which may have done more harm than good. Also it was very cold and I have >> noticed in the past that on those very cold, high pressure days, the >ground >> effect was so severe with my lightweight Recoup that it would try to skip >> like a stone. Or maybe the strut fluid gets thick, I mean I don't know >what >> caused it but I had gone over that plane trying to figure out why it would >> usually be fine and yet on occasion act hard to control. All I ever did >was >> touch and goes, I left the pattern only a few times. I did hundreds of >> landings and 3 or 4 times it acted strange like that. Like it was just >> rearing up and wouldn't stay down on the ground. GW >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from this list please send >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [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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