For those interested in shoulder harness, I found this on the swap page. I made a shoulder harness installation on my 415C, N2486H patterned after the one in the Aug.1994 issue of Coupe Capers and submitted my FAA Form 337 with complete documentation. After about a year my last (and possibly best) information from the OKC FAA was to have an FAA Designated Structures Engineer fill out and sign an FAA Form 8110-3. Just under $1000.00 and 28 pages later I had an approved shoulder harness installation in N2486H. I have started the process of getting an STC and PMA for the bracket in order to get some of the money back that my company spent but this may take years, if ever. In the mean time, if any of our Ercoupe owners are interested, I will supply a complete set of my company's engineering drawings and an approved and signed FAA Form 8110-3 (all 28 pages) along with a letter from my company authorizing instalation on one specific aircraft for the price of $100.00. If this information was submitted along with a properly filled FAA Form 337 it should get prompt field approval. If not, return the material to me and I will refund the $100.00 Floyd Culp AIRCRAFT & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. N2486H 918-341-5735 Floyd Culp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Claremore, Ok USA - Saturday, February Lee
-- "Ralph Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Both groups 'cause there's Tech and Flying news] Try reaching David at david AT smoler.name replacing AT with @. Whether he wants to sell the plans anymore I don't know. I bought David's Alon and his original shoulder harness. It's fairly good, though because it doesn't have a crotch strap it tends to loosen and ride up over time. A quick check and tug to tighten it before landing corrects that. Fortunately it was tight last night (12/31) when I made a sight-seeing excursion over the Golden Gate Bridge and headed south along the coast to Half Moon Bay. There was a strong north wind at altitude (above 500 feet) but relatively calm on the surface, at least in the west side of the Sacramento Valley where I left. Who knows what it was doing in the Bay Area, but just south of the little chunk of 1500' Class B airspace on the coast opposite SFO, I hit some of the worst turbulence I've ever had. More than once only my seat belt kept me from hitting the canopy....the VSI was pegged down. I wasn't too high so that worried me. OK, I admit, I was scared! Sweaty palms and almost worse! I can't swim and there were no boat lights on the ocean. I did a 180 turn and headed back to calmer air, only the second time I've done that in a plane. Worked too. A few minutes later, listening to NorCal Approach, they issued a weather advisory of severe turbulence below 6000' in the Bay Area. No kidding! Fly safe--Ralph FinchDavis, California From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Shoulder Harness STC Mark, I've lost track of David Smoler's address. I think that he moved quite a while ago. Maybe someone on the list has some contact info for him? You might also try looking in the tech archives and see if you find anything there. If not, let me know and I'll try to find his old address and we can go from there. Best Regards, Wayne DelRossi Alon N5618F Hours logged since restoration: 347.5. _____________________________________________________________ Save hundreds on getting a Web Design Degree. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iigg198Lo9J89cMdEKYXl0zHvSegjSxEAwWSKhG7aGyNpBnTb/
