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Don Bowen wrote:
>>>>> My thoughts exactly ! I have
flown 65 different airplane models over the years and consider my ALON to be
the easiest and most forgiving of any of them. I have no reason to think
the Ercouopes are significantly different. Just fly the "damn
airplane" down to the ground, and forget about snubber cables, cg moments
and such. It ain't all that complicated, guys! <<<<<
Don,
You’re right that it’s not a
big deal unless there’s a problem. A dropped in landing with
insufficient shock absorption could damage the nose gear and engine
mount. People worry that if their nose gear touches first, they’ll ground
loop or something. That’s why it’s worth discussion.
Didn’t you fighter jocks ever
discuss the right way to tweak a maneuver?
Besides, if the snubber cable can be
removed, people can put back on that nose gear strut fairing. Fred Weick
said that their testing showed it made almost exactly one mph improvement in
the cruise speed. We don’t have all that many of those mph thingies
– we’ll take all we can get. (Kind of like adding 17 mph to
the top speed of your fighter jet.)
Ed Burkhead
http://edburkhead.com
ed -at-
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