Metal wings. Don't. I had a metal wing coupe once and the 337 showed a 39 pound increase in weight. Correct, that metal wings are more condusive to corrosion because you will never open them again (as in to recover with fabric), at which time you can discover and fix any corrosion. As for rudder pedals, my hangar mate, Joe Dunaj (who passed away in May) had rudder pedal conversion; never used the rudder pedals. Instead flew it as if it were still a two control coupe. He stated, "didn't need em'."
Many of you may have known Joe Dunaj. I believe his N number was 99741. He recently donated his coupe to the museum in Florida for a display honoring Fred Weick. It will be on static display inside. Joe had about 1,000 hours in his Ercoupe flying it constantly in the 80's and early 90's. Joe attended Sun n' Fun many years and was in the EOC booth or tent many times as a visitor or manning the booth. Skip Carden, if you read this you may want to print a "folded wings" obitituary in Coupe Capers for Joe Dunaj who passed away in May 1999. Joe was my friend, fellow couper, and we shared a hangar, with 3 Ercoupes in it, for years in Columbus, GA. Joe was a WWII combat veteran, Patton's Army in North Africa and Italy. Joe missed Korea but was a 45 year old squad leader in Vietnam. Joe was airborne and retired from the U. S. Army. He was around 76 when he died. Sincerely, Grover Barfield Ercoupe 99398 ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
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