Trim tabs? Ain't got no stinkin trim tabs. Do you? Larry
Glen Ward wrote: > They have at least two sizes of trim tab. My neighbors is about twice the > size of mine. Mine is pretty weak, buit theirs is stuck. It would be good > to convert to the bigger one I would think if they are available. Is that > what you have got Greg? Glen Ward > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:08 PM > Subject: RE: [COUPERS] [COUPERS-TECH] New ercoupe owner > > >At 10:31 PM 6/25/00 -0700, you wrote: > >> I found out she's just a good old plane, and if you have any > >>experience, you'll do just fine. > > > >The key thing is not to lean on your 172 or 150 experience, because > >the Coupe isn't a kite like they are. Get a little slow in a Cessna and > >they sort of hang there. Get a little slow in a Coupe and you're coming > >down, but quick. No, it won't stall. But it will come down all the same. > > > >>For the record, I now give her full up > >>trim on take off, and just let her accelerate down the runway until she > >>becomes airborne on her own. About 75 mph. > > > >Hmmm. Sounds to me like you have less up trim available than I do. > >With full up trim, I'm down at about 58 or so. Watch that. Again, you > >can mush ahead and make less climb out of what is already not a > >lot to spare if you get to slow. 75 or 80 climbing out, whatever is a > >good compromise between seeing over the nose and rate of climb. > > > >> I used to try and horse her > >>up a little sooner, but she didn't like that. > > > >My plane give a little shiver when she's ready to fly. I either wait for > >70 or 75, or bring her off into ground effect at around 60, from where > >she quickly accelerates to 75. > > > >> On landing, I once again > >>use full up trim, and cut to about 1800 rpm. That gives me about 85 > >>mph, and a good glide slope. > > > >Again, I think Larry's trim is a bit less effective than mine. If I was > full up > >trim, I'd be in a bad spot for a go-round. I 'jump off' between 1400 and > 1600 > >RPM abeam the numbers. Trim for 85 for the balance of downwind, then > >ease on down to 80 for base. Then I can choose to ease back to as little > >as 75 (never less than 72, and this is determined on MY airplane with > >MY airspeed indicator!!!!). I use 80 to make greaser for a passenger and > >75 to make a sub-1500 foot landing with a solid arrival. > > > >> I don't cut power until I'm flaring for touch down. > > > >Very good point. Perhaps due to the fillets there is a really huge > difference > >between power on and power off. Indeed, at 72MPH I'm sinking like a stone > >with the power off, but am dragging it in reasonably flat with even 1200 or > >1400 RPM. This, too, is an effective albeit chancy way to make a very short > >landing in a 'Coupe. If the motor ices up (and it can!) over the last of > the > >corn field, it can ruin your whole day! > > > >> Hold her up to slow speed, but watch you don't get below > >>about 65, or it'll be bumpy. Have fun. > > > >If I got down to 65 I'd be toast! > > > >Greg > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ __ > _____ > >To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >___________________________________________________________ > >T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > >Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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