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>1. [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>2. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Need A Coupe
>3. RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>4. RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>5. Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>6. Re: [COUPERS-TECH] RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>7. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>8. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>9. RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>10. Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>11. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>12. [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>13. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Don Mack microair 720
>14. Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>15. Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>16. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Questions
>17. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>18. [COUPERS-FLYIN] John Wright, Sr.
>19. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Stupid canopy story!
>20. [COUPERS-FLYIN] Transponders
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>Messages:
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>From: "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: ,
>Reply-To: "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>
>I have a 46, 415-C with the original type canopy opening. My wife has
>asked if the center piece can be removed for a more "open cockpit"
>feeling? Anybody got any ideas
>
>Tommy
>N93929
>
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>From: "Jack Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Coupes"
>Reply-To: "Jack Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Need A Coupe
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>Have a friend wanting a coupe.
>
>If you have one for sell, let me know.
>Would like to find one in the NC, SC, GA, TN, KY, area.
>Don't want a fixer upper.
>
>Jack
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>From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Coupe-List" , "Coupe-Tech"
>Reply-To: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
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>
>Tommy wrote:
> > I have a 46, 415-C with the original type canopy opening.
> > My wife has asked if the center piece can be removed for
> > a more "open cockpit" feeling? Anybody got any ideas
>Tommy,
>Absolutely! Do it! I never wanted a sunshade on my Coupe. I DID find
>a baseball cap useful as a sunshade and that did NOT inhibit my vision
>as I watched for traffic and rubbernecked. A golf visor might muss your
>wife's hair less.
>Five minute job.
>(Note: You may have to redo your windows if they're not long enough to
>meet at the top. (Probably won't be necessary but I've heard of a plane
>with shortened windows.)
>Ed Burkhead
>http://edburkhead.com/
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the QQQ)
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tommy Terry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:26 AM
>To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>
>I have a 46, 415-C with the original type canopy opening. My wife has
>asked if the center piece can be removed for a more "open cockpit"
>feeling? Anybody got any ideas
>
>Tommy
>N93929
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>From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Coupe-List" ,"Coupe-Tech"
>Reply-To: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>
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>From: "Norman Carrigg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Greg Bullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Coupe-List" , "Coupe-Tech"
>Reply-To: "Norman Carrigg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>
>Not to mention one's Toupee!
>
>NBC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Bullough
> To: Ed Burkhead ; Tommy Terry ; Coupe-List ; Coupe-Tech
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
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> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- At 09:34 AM 11/3/2003 -0600, Ed Burkhead wrote:
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> Absolutely! Do it! I never wanted a sunshade on my Coupe. I DID find a baseball cap useful as a sunshade and that did NOT inhibit my vision as I watched for traffic and rubbernecked.
>
> Until of course you lean out just a hair too much and slipstream tears off
> baseball cap, headset, and glasses in one swell foop.
>
> That's where the extended baggage is useful, as it does a better job of catching
> the stuff than the mere hat-shelf :-)
>
> Greg
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>From: "Paul M. Anton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
>Reply-To: "Paul M. Anton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>
>
> Until of course you lean out just a hair too much and slipstream tears off
> baseball cap, headset, and glasses in one swell foop.
>
> That's where the extended baggage is useful, as it does a better job of catching
> the stuff than the mere hat-shelf :-)
>
>
> Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that has had to retrieve his headset by the cord.
>
> Cheers:
> Paul
> NC2273H
>
>
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>From: "William R. Bayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: COUPERS - FLYIN , COUPERS - TECH
>Reply-To: "William R. Bayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>
>on 11/03/03 12:01 PM, Kevin Gassert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>It would indeed be hot with the sides up and no sun shade. The idea is to
>have the sides down. I lost the band off my headset last weekend but that is
>because I stuck my dumb head out too far. I have never lost a map that I had
>on my lap. It is just is not that windy in the cockpit. I flew one Ercoupe
>with a sunshade on it when I was looking for the coupe I have now. I¹m not a
>big guy and my headset hit the shade. It felt too closed in and the first
>thing I would have done when I got it home was remove it.
>
>
>
>Yo, Kevin
>
>Different strokes for different folks. With good, clear and clean
>sidescreens, enjoying flight in relative comfort was my "idea". Thus use
>of the openings on left and right of the sunscreen as vents gave me optimum
>ventilation for any temperature with minimum noise and buffeting.
>
>I find the buffeting from open coupe windows worse than in my car; each, in
>its own way, tiring. That's why I drive with the AC or heat tempering
>extreme ambients and the windows fully shut most all the time.
>
>Drag increases considerably with open windows. This reduces both speed and
>range, each incompatible with efficient flight. The only time I chose to
>fly with a window fully open was when taking pictures.
>
>Of course, those with claustrophobic tendencies may find logic and/or
>comfort issues effectively overruled. I'm 5'-11" and 215+, and have never
>perceived an overhead headset interference problem with an unmodified coupe
>bench seat. Side-to side and shoulder to shoulder with another person of my
>size I find friendly...not cramped. But I'm glad when Fred Weick designed
>our cabin he, personally, was not smaller, or...!
>
>Regards,
>
>WRB
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----------------------------
>From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Coupe-Tech"
>Reply-To: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>
>
>Bill,
>
>I can understand your difficulties. I coped with them slightly
>differently.
>
>My seat height was just right so I wasnt banging my head/hat/headset on
>the closed window as I flew. When I had the window open, I turned my
>head and maybe leaned a little but never leaned out far enough to be
>worried that my hat would blow off.
>
>As for the heat, I rarely closed the window on hot days till AFTER the
>runup at runway end. The LAST thing before applying full power was to
>close the windows (if I closed them at all since my Coupe took off quite
>nicely with the windows open, I just closed them on marginal runways).
>
>Id re-open the windows on climb out when I had good landing spots
>within range. It only takes one hand to pop the latch and make a 4
>gap. Once I had that 4 gap, the cool air vent really blew. As long as
>I had good airflow, I never had significant problems with temperature.
>
>At altitude, or before takeoff, I sometimes got out my official
>shoestring and used it to tie the two windows together with a 4 gap. (I
>always used a bow to facilitate emergency egress.) I like this for long
>cruises since it allowed good vent blast while eliminating the wind
>buffeting on my head.
>
>Since my map was attached to my knee-board, I never had much risk of
>losing it. If I had to do a major refold, Id close the windows first
>(maybe to the 4 gap, depending on temperature). I never lost a map.
>It seems like I lost a single piece of paper, once, but I dont see why
>having a sunscreen would have helped that.
>
>Mostly, I HATE, HATE, HATE that flying in a cave (or flight simulator)
>feeling that I get from almost everything else that flies!!! I LOVE
>that wide open feeling I get from flying the Coupe with full view in all
>directions!!!!
>
>I cant see ANY significant value in a center window sunscreen,
>personally but this is certainly one of those instances where Your
>Mileage May Vary. :-)
>
>
>Ed Burkhead
>http://edburkhead.com/
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the QQQ)
>
>Bill Bayne wrote:
>Yo, Tommy
>
>
>
>First coupe I had had a metal sunshade. I, too, decided to try it with
>the "original" set-up, which, as Ed mentioned, is no sunshade (third
>center panel) and side panels long enough to meet when closed at the top
>and still close off the sides below the sill.
>
>
>
>In southern California, where I was based then, and in Texas (now), I
>found the heat from the sun unbearable, both during taxi and low
>altitude, low speed flights. I also found it harder on the eyes, even
>with good sunglasses. The "clincher" was on my way to an EOC National
>in Minden, NE, I opened up the gap a little more than the usual 1" or
>so, and my carefully plotted map showing overall course, primary and
>optional fuel stops (for 80/87!) was immediately sucked out from above
>accompanied by much noise of wrinkling paper as it conformed to the
>shape necessary for exit (and my complete surprise and disappointment at
>such loss).
>
>
>
>When I got back home, I replaced the metal sunshade with a clear Lexan
>(legal?) one on the inside of which I had applied 3" strips with 1/8"
>overlap mirror film applied fore-to-aft. From that time on, I had the
>benefit of sun protection, weight saving (over the metal sunshade),
>better observation of other aircraft and separate "vents" (openings)
>controlled by each occupant. The slight increase in overall weight from
>the two-sidescreen configuration was worth it, in my book.
>on 11/03/03 8:25 AM, Tommy Terry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>
> I have a 46, 415-C with the original type canopy opening. My wife has
>asked if the center piece can be removed for a more ³open cockpit²
>feeling? Anybody got any ideas
>
> Tommy N93929
>
>
>Yo, Tommy
>
>First coupe I had had a metal sunshade. I, too, decided to try it with
>the "original" set-up, which, as Ed mentioned, is no sunshade (third
>center panel) and side panels long enough to meet when closed at the top
>and still close off the sides below the sill.
>
>In southern California, where I was based then, and in Texas (now), I
>found the heat from the sun unbearable, both during taxi and low
>altitude, low speed flights. I also found it harder on the eyes, even
>with good sunglasses. The "clincher" was on my way to an EOC National
>in Minden, NE, I opened up the gap a little more than the usual 1" or
>so, and my carefully plotted map showing overall course, primary and
>optional fuel stops (for 80/87!) was immediately sucked out from above
>accompanied by much noise of wrinkling paper as it conformed to the
>shape necessary for exit (and my complete surprise and disappointment at
>such loss).
>
>When I got back home, I replaced the metal sunshade with a clear Lexan
>(legal?) one on the inside of which I had applied 3" strips with 1/8"
>overlap mirror film applied fore-to-aft. From that time on, I had the
>benefit of sun protection, weight saving (over the metal sunshade),
>better observation of other aircraft and separate "vents" (openings)
>controlled by each occupant. The slight increase in overall weight from
>the two-sidescreen configuration was worth it, in my book.
>
>Regards,
>
>WRB
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>From: "Kevin Gassert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "William R. Bayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "COUPERS - FLYIN" , "COUPERS - TECH"
>Reply-To: "Kevin Gassert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>
>OK, I just always considered the open cockpit as one of the major reasons to own and Ercoupe. But that is what the windows are for I guess.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
>From: William R. Bayne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:44 PM
>To: COUPERS - FLYIN; COUPERS - TECH
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>on 11/03/03 12:01 PM, Kevin Gassert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>
> It would indeed be hot with the sides up and no sun shade. The idea is to have the sides down. I lost the band off my headset last weekend but that is because I stuck my dumb head out too far. I have never lost a map that I had on my lap. It is just is not that windy in the cockpit. I flew one Ercoupe with a sunshade on it when I was looking for the coupe I have now. I¹m not a big guy and my headset hit the shade. It felt too closed in and the first thing I would have done when I got it home was remove it.
>
>
> _____
>
>
>Yo, Kevin
>
>Different strokes for different folks. With good, clear and clean sidescreens, enjoying flight in relative comfort was my "idea". Thus use of the openings on left and right of the sunscreen as vents gave me optimum ventilation for any temperature with minimum noise and buffeting.
>
>I find the buffeting from open coupe windows worse than in my car; each, in its own way, tiring. That's why I drive with the AC or heat tempering extreme ambients and the windows fully shut most all the time.
>
>Drag increases considerably with open windows. This reduces both speed and range, each incompatible with efficient flight. The only time I chose to fly with a window fully open was when taking pictures.
>
>Of course, those with claustrophobic tendencies may find logic and/or comfort issues effectively overruled. I'm 5'-11" and 215+, and have never perceived an overhead headset interference problem with an unmodified coupe bench seat. Side-to side and shoulder to shoulder with another person of my size I find friendly...not cramped. But I'm glad when Fred Weick designed our cabin he, personally, was not smaller, or...!
>
>Regards,
>
>WRB
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [email protected], [email protected]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] canopy
>
>It is real easy to undo the canopy. I took mine out as well. All you do is
>put the two side windows all the way down. Then move the center piece all the
>way to one side. At the top of the opening there is a little plate with 2
>screws. Undo the screws and remove the plate. Then slide the canopy over as if you
>were closing it and it will slide right out of the track.
>
>I like flying much better with the center piece out too.
>Scott
>N94428
>
>
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>From: "William R. Bayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: COUPERS - FLYIN , COUPERS - TECH
>Reply-To: "William R. Bayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>
>on 11/03/03 12:45 PM, Ed Burkhead at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>Bill,
>
>I can understand your difficulties. I coped with them slightly differently.
>
>My seat height was just right so I wasn¹t banging my head/hat/headset on the
>closed window as I flew. When I had the window open, I turned my head and
>maybe leaned a little but never leaned out far enough to be worried that my
>hat would blow off.
>
>As for the heat, I rarely closed the window on hot days till AFTER the runup
>at runway end. The LAST thing before applying full power was to close the
>windows...
>
>Me too, Ed! (and a good afternoon to you!)
>
>I¹d re-open the windows on climb out when I had good landing spots within
>range. It only takes one hand to pop the latch and make a 4² gap. Once I
>had that 4² gap, the cool air vent really blew. As long as I had good
>airflow, I never had significant problems with temperature.
>
>Ditto!
>
>At altitude, or before takeoff, I sometimes got out my official shoestring
>and used it to tie the two windows together with a 4² gap. (I always used a
>bow to facilitate emergency egress.) I like this for long cruises since it
>allowed good vent blast while eliminating the wind buffeting on my head.
>
>I'm impressed! My sidescreens never worked well enough to move from where I
>put them. (For the same ventilation, two 2" gaps give each seat 1/2 the
>buffeting) Is your shoestring a 337 or STC item? :<)
>
>Since my map was attached to my knee-board, I never had much risk of losing
>it. If I had to do a major refold, I¹d close the windows first (maybe to
>the 4² gap, depending on temperature). I never lost a map. It seems like I
>lost a single piece of paper, once, but I don¹t see why having a sunscreen
>would have helped that.
>
>The vacuum effect on a map from a 4" gap is significantly more than two 1"
>or 2" gaps, and the map has to scrunch twice as much to get out before one
>can react (actually I managed to keep the California to New Mexico half of
>the map).
>
>Mostly, I HATE, HATE, HATE that flying in a cave (or flight simulator)
>feeling that I get from almost everything else that flies!!! I LOVE that
>wide open feeling I get from flying the Coupe with full view in all
>directions!!!!
>
>There we are...the "C" factor! :<)
>
>I can¹t see ANY significant value in a center window sunscreen, personally
>but this is certainly one of those instances where Your Mileage May Vary. J
>
>In warm conditions, I find it is more comfortable taxiing and/or flying in
>full or partial shade as opposed to being exposed 180º to solar energy.
>Also (as I'm not partial to sunscreen potions) I think the cancer risk and
>even visual glare reductions worthy of mention, each entirely separate
>considerations from one's preference for or against feeling the slipstream.
>
>As always, enjoyed the exchange, Ed.
>
>Regards,
>
>WRB
>
>
>
>
>----------------------------
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>
>Don,
>I have just finisned talking to J.A.Air center and they have informed me that
>they no longer will sell the Microair 720 comm.
> Microair, although a fine radio, has made an unfortunate decision that all
>radios muist be returned to the main factory (Australia), for any servicing.
>Therefore they are not selling them anymore. It will be necessary to send it
>back just to get a quote. I don't know if anyone knows anything different but
>it would be nice if there was a way to get service here in the U.SA.
>
>Anyone have a comment on this ?????????
>
>Bill Coons 99822
>
>
>----------------------------
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [email protected]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Don Mack microair 720
>
>Hi Don'
>Sorry to say that the microair 720 is no longer for sale here at J.A.
>Aircenter. Thje reason is that we can no longer do the servicing. Microair has made
>an unfortunate decision that all repair work MUST br sent back to the factory
>for service. This of course ties up the radio for some time, because it must be
>shipped nack to Australia even for a quote. on repair. I am not sure if
>other dealers are doing the same but I would appreciate it if somepone out there
>
>can tell me otherwise.
>The Microair is a wonderful radio and it would be a shame not to jhave a
>repair station available here in the U.S.
>
>Anyone heard anythein different??????
>
>Bill Coons 99822
>
>
>----------------------------
>From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [email protected]
>Reply-To: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>
>
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>From: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Greg Bullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Reply-To: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>
>Point WELL made, Greg!
>
>Wayne Woollard
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Bullough
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] re: microair.
>
>
> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Gee, Narco made that same stupid decision a few years back, thus propelling
> King straight out ahead of them. Bunches of dealers dumped Narco products,
> or put them on the shelf behind the King products. This in response to Narco
> having deprived them of service revenue.
>
> A lot of aircraft owners shied away from Narco because they couldn't get them
> worked on locally.
>
> The real message is that the product has obviously been shown to be
> unserviceable in the field. Either that or it takes so long to get parts
> from Oz that you may as well send the radio back.
>
> Which means that you may as well buy two. Or have a dealer that has
> plenty of 'loaner' radios.
>
> It therefore doesn't meet one of the basic litmus tests to qualify it as
> worthy of purchase by serious pilots...can it be fixed, quickly and
> efficiently, when it breaks. Obviously, the answer is 'no.'
>
> So for all its attractive form-factor, it's a poor choice.
>
> Greg
>
> At 04:07 PM 11/3/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Don,
> I have just finisned talking to J.A.Air center and they have informed me that they no longer will sell the Microair 720 comm.
> Microair, although a fine radio, has made an unfortunate decision that all radios muist be returned to the main factory (Australia), for any servicing.
> Therefore they are not selling them anymore. It will be necessary to send it back just to get a quote. I don't know if anyone knows anything different but it would be nice if there was a way to get service here in the U.SA.
>
> Anyone have a comment on this ?????????
>
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>From: Bill DuCharme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated)" , Social Ercoupe , Alon Aircoupe Aircoupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Bill DuCharme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Questions
>
>GlacierA few quick questions for the group...
>
>First, does anyone by chance have a spinner shell that's in good shape that they'd like to sell?
>My spinner has a small crack in it that's been patched but, it should really be replaced.
>
>Secondly, if I have to order a new spinner from Univar, and I decide to go with the more pointed version, how do I tell if my C90 has a tapered crank shaft or not?
>
>Thirdly, I've been toying with the idea of selling my 65 Alon A-2 Aircoupe to purchase a fully restored Globe Swift. My coupe is in excellent condition but I'm not exactly sure how much to ask for her. Ads in Coupe Capers for Alon's of 65 and later seem to be in the $22,000 to $30,000 range. I suspect mine would fall in the middle at about $26,000 even though I've only ever seen one aircoupe nicer than mine.
>
>Interior and exterior are 9's. Terra Sport Pack, 720 channel, also 360 channel Narco, Mode C/S Encoder, Intercom, Newly restored gauges and panel. Almost IFR... New tires, new Bellville's, all AD's complied with including center section AD just last month (October). Approx 2400 on airframe and 880 since TBO on C-90. All cylinders in the 70's. Much more but I'll hold the rest until I decide for sure if I want to sell her.
>
>There's a picture of her on the Ercoupe Owners Club web pages at http://ercoupe.org/
>Keep clicking the Home button until you see the pretty little Red Alon with the Caption by Bill DuCharme..
>
>Bill W. DuCharme
>Alon A-2 N6554Q
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>From: Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Percy Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] canopy
>
>I removed my sunshade and installed longer side windows (I had the short
>version) and when I fly in hot weather I pull the left side window over
>the top so it eliminates the turbulance encounted when the canopy is
>wide open, but still leaves about 10" of opening on each side.
>
>Syd Cohen
>
>
>Percy Wood wrote:
>
> > At 08:25 AM 11/3/03 -0600, Tommy Terry wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I have a 46, 415-C with the original type canopy opening. My wife
> >> has asked if the center piece can be removed for a more open cockpit
> >> feeling? Anybody got any ideas
> >
> >
> > As stated on this list, Tommy, it is a 5-minute job. I replaced
> > mine. Bear in mind
> > that the "open cockpit" removes the small amount of lift from the top
> > of the plane.
> > "Your milage may vary."
> > Percy in Portland
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>From: Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Ercoupe Social List
>Reply-To: Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] John Wright, Sr.
>
>I recently talked to John Wright Jr. recently and he told me that his
>dad had suffered a heart attack, and was moping around the house since
>then. John Sr. has done a huge amount of good for Ercoupe owners over
>the years, and we all have benefited from his knowledge and expertise.
>It would be nice if we each could send him a card to wish him well. His
>address is:
>
>John Wright Sr.
>958 Flossmoor
>Springfield, IL 62707
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Syd Cohen
>
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>From: Darwin Girdauckis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "[email protected]"
>Reply-To: Darwin Girdauckis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Stupid canopy story!
>
>Hi Guys!
> All this talk of canopies has made me think of something that
>happened to me
>about a month ago. I had taken off & flown north of our local airport to
>a lake I hadn't
>been over before. When I got there I circled it a couple of times to
>check it out for
>close by grass strips, buildings along the shore, etc. As I swung back
>south to check out
>another lake I realized that the the sun was right in my eyes & I had
>forgot to grab my
>ball cap. (only time I wear a hat is in a plane ....when I remember)
>Anyway my arm got
>tired shielding my eyes so I switched hands... then that one got tired
>too. Sooo.... being raised on
>a farm, I improvised. I grabbed a sectional out of my flight bag &
>folded it about a foot
>square & shoved it up under my headset band to form a beak over my eyes.
>I'm sure
>that I looked about as stupid as one could imagine, but so what! It
>worked very well &
>there was no one to see me up there!
>I checked out a couple of more lakes & on my way back I flew over a
>buddies' strip
>so I circled to see if his plane was in the yard. As I looked down at
>his yard I noticed
>my air speed increasing from the sound of the wind & when I glanced over
>to the indicator,
>sure enough it showed 115 so I pulled up a bit & it came back down. but
>there was still
>a fair amount of wind noise so I looked up & zip! There went my map, out
>the top.
>My head set stayed on though. The canopy on our coupe has no latch but
>since we
>put the heavy lexan side pannels in, they only creep apart when the air
>speed gets over 100 like
>had just happened! I tried to see if I could find the map as it dropped
>to the ground, Maybe
>run it through the prop, but I couldn't see it.
>Darwin
>
>
>
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>From: "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
>Reply-To: "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Transponders
>
>We are looking for a transponder, encoder, trays and wiring; of course
>the smaller the better. Anybody have one for sale?
>
>Tommy
>N93929
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