Well, Fire your Mechanic, he knows ZERO about aircraft.... I have a 46' D with a 0-200 and operate at FULL gross out of 1550' gravel and turf but then wait, I want to buy another Ercoupe.... Yes the SCARECOUPE should be taken off everyone's list of aircraft, and here's a few reasons why
1. The Main Gear caster for cross wind landing, and can be VERY costly to maintain 2. The Fabric on the wings can come lose and at first will just flap, but will rip off in flight 3. In a hard landing the header tank will break engulfing the occupants in flame 4. If you open the side windows in flight they will be ripped off the aircraft doing much damage 5. It is a low wig so you can not see much out of it 6. It is old and very hard to get parts for it, and if you do they will cost a lot 7. It has NO RUDDER PEDDLES 8. It needs at least 5000' runway just to take off 9. It has 2 tails? which must cost more to maintain 10. Other pilots will laugh at you, as they climb into there RENTED aircraft..... If anyone has a Scare Coupe they are afraid of and want to get rid of it before some one gets hurt drop me a line, I'll haul it away and won't charge you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 4:15 PM Subject: takeoff distances > The mechanic where I am taking lessons suggested that I drop the ercoupe off of my list of potential planes to buy. He said that it tends to use a lot of runway with two people in it. I don't know what engine he was using as a frame of reference. How much runway do you use up with say 450 pounds of humans on board and a reasonable fuel load? How are ercoupes on grass? I would assume that they do fairly well due to the age of the design and what the normal runways were back then. Is the ercoupe a good choice to build time in for a new pilot? > > Dave > > > > HotBot - Search smarter. > http://www.hotbot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 4:15 PM Subject: takeoff distances > The mechanic where I am taking lessons suggested that I drop the ercoupe off of my list of potential planes to buy. He said that it tends to use a lot of runway with two people in it. I don't know what engine he was using as a frame of reference. How much runway do you use up with say 450 pounds of humans on board and a reasonable fuel load? How are ercoupes on grass? I would assume that they do fairly well due to the age of the design and what the normal runways were back then. Is the ercoupe a good choice to build time in for a new pilot? > > Dave > > > > HotBot - Search smarter. > http://www.hotbot.com
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