Greg, that is just not true. They would be making tanks if they thought there was any money in it. There is no "responsiblity" that goes with "supporting" a 54 year old airplane! Look at how many companies went broke back in the day making Ercoupes. How many people are going to pay what the tanks would cost after Univair went through all that trouble? Get real. I have not noticed a whole lot of Ercoupes with the wing tank conversion, and I doubt that 3 new tanks from Univair would be any cheaper! Probably around $3500-5000! Though it will come as a shock to some people on this list, there are people out there who could not pay these idiot prices even if they wanted to or won't, even if they can, since the prices on airplane items really are for idiots. Maybe us West Virginia hicks are the only ones with any sense left in this country or perhaps people with some sense are not suited to flying rediculously expensive toys - yes, that is it, from what I have seen of pilots. I wish Univair would quit the business so that I could stick mine in as an experimental easier like they do with the old biplanes and such for which there are no parts except homemade. Univair makes sure almost all the parts are available - but who buys that stuff? Glen Ward -----Original Message----- From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pwood - pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] fuel leak
>At 09:34 PM 7/13/00 -0700, pwood - pop wrote: > >>But the story that I heard was that the riveter that ERCO had used to >>stitch those tanks together had broken. And Univair deigned not to >>repair it. > >So Univair wants the business so long as it carries with it none of the >responsibility associated with supporting the marque. > >> Hince, they can't make the tanks per the original specs, > >'Can't' is such an easy out. 'Won't do what has to be done to do so' is >more like it. > >>and they do not want to certify a new tank. > >Again, wanting none of the responsibility that goes with support. > >> > I wonder if an Alon style (i.e. welded, not riveted) tank could be >> > made up and STC'd or 337'd for the 415 series? >>Anything can be made up. Certification is another matter. Only the >>way it was done is good enough. > >Currently, there is an alternative system certified (i.e., the 30 gallon >system). So it can be done. Also, the fact that some Coupes (i.e., >the Alons) were certificated with welded, rather than riveted, tanks >should go a long way towards getting the STC to make up an Alon >style welded tank in the slightly different shape required for the 415. > >My experience finding a tank suggests that, contrary to what someone >else said, the supply of used tanks is rapidly drying up. As is the supply >of people willing to rebuild the old ones, at any price. > >It's a serious problem. > >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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