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Marty, That happened to me upon a landing the ball snapped off it's easy to figure out ,as you now know the yoke feels conventional it turns- you don't.I went merrily down the runway I tapped the brakes every now and then to keep my track straight when i slowed down I had NO control and the plane veered off to the right by itself.Luckily it was a turnoff.I knew this would suck >I pulled the plane clear an opened the cowl to look sure enough it was a broken ball.Just as I was looking at it someone behind me says "Got a problem " why are you lokking at the engine I said NOPE no problem It turned out he was an FAA accident inspecter just happened to be there.I left the plane there over nite got a ride home .Got a new part flew back put it on and got the hell out of town with No problemo Got it signed off .Just a note Replace it with the newer rod end.DS 99564 --- Marty Duke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Hi All, > Well Mary and I were all revved up and ready to fly > down to meet you all > when disaster struck. As we were taxing out of our > tiedown area I > noticed that we could only make right turns. It > turned out that that > was the way the wheel was pointed when the little > ball that hooks up the > to the steering rod snapped off. Oh well, better at > my homeport than > down at Hoquiam. My question is, how much control > do you have if the > was to happen while landing? We hope to meet the > rest of the Oregon, > Washington Ercoupe Troop at the next get together. > Take care, > Marty Duke > N10743 > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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