I do beg to differ with the no stall "wis-dum" just a little You can beat this to death, but you will still impact the ground and die if proper recovery methods are not employed. The Ercoupe will not stall/spin (without a lot of help) but, it will stop flying and mush to the ground at about 1500 feet per minute. In this non-flying mode you have full directional control. So this makes the Ercoupe a "ton" of fun once you master this mush...
The D model with a O-200, can hold controls full aft to the stop, and hold altitude with the indicator showing ZERO. I am not sure what the 75/85 can do never tried it. I guess my point is the ercoupe doesn't stall but it can mush right into the ground and it would be bad to think you are totally safe because you can't stall. Ercoupe's and coupers are a bit different... the real world "Speed Kills" in a Ercoup "Lack of Speed Kills" Just more noise Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] [COUPERS-TECH] New ercoupe owner > At 12:35 PM 6/27/00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Go to airspeed markings. The > >bottom of the green mark 58 mph (on D's) is the stall speed. (You can hang on > >the prop if you have winds.) > > Ercoupe POH's don't list a 'stall speed.' They list a 'minimum speed' which is > 58MPH. > > 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
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