At 09:05 PM 9/22/99 -0500, Ed Burkhead wrote: >Ground handling: >With the tail up to correct height (75"), the wings dump lift as the >nose comes down. The up-wind wing won't lift problematically up to 25 >mph direct crosswind. For crosswinds faster than 25 mph, you'd BETTER >have your tail up to dump lift or you'll get increasingly unpleasant >lifting of the up-wind wing.
Boy, Ed said a mouthful here. Every iota of our standard trike-gear training says, 'get the wheel back and hold the nose wheel off as long as you can.' Good practice for a tail-dragger as well. So it's kind of hard to do the right thing in the coupe when that wing starts flying again, to PLANT THE DAMN NOSE WHEEL. The Ercoupe book instruction to take a poke at the brake to tame the roll-out really seems to work, too. Greg
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