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Michel, I don't have a tremendous amount of time in Coupe's, but, in the time I've been flying mine, I've seen no such adverse trait in my Coupe. The Coupe does have some oddities, most being the result of having no ruddar pedals. A bad landing can happen in any aircraft. Bad landings/pilots are two things that seem to be beyond the control of the aircraft. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > I have real low time, and I'm wondering how something like this can be > avoided. Is it an ercoupe trait? Does the regulation tail wheel height > help in this case? Or was it just an error? > > -Michel > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, GW wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > I wrecked mine on January 13. I landed normally, hit a bump on the runway, > > got airborne again, and proceeded to porpoise 10 or 12 times, each time > > coming down at a very steep nose-down angle. Then it would shoot back up > > nose-high, stall, and come down again. It was hitting so hard that I could > > see the whole front end flop upwards when it would hit. It ended up with > > serious buckles right and left, popped rivets in the rear spar, warped > > belly, burst seal in the struts, bent mount, ruined tire, and stringers > > popped loose. It did $10,900 worth of damage to the plane and it was > > totaled. Right after I'd finally fixed it up to where it was a good plane, > > naturally! I decided the best thing to do was just to buy the best plane I > > could so that is how I ended up with the Taylorcraft. I almost didn't buy > > another plane at all. Avemco was excellent on the claim but the problem was > > that I couldn't get anybody to come and fix it. They were going to give it > > a chance to be fixed but nobody ever came to get it. GW > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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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