The civilianized T-34B (Beech called it a D-45) had bungee cords
interconnecting the ailerons and rudder to aid coordinated turns.
Deflecting the rudder would also move the ailerons. The bungee cords were
easy to over-ride with pedal pressure for slips, and spins. The Navy T-34B
did not have
Wayne and Larry; MY bad...the tripacer was my first love, and it did have
spring-loaded interconnect. It even paid for itself when I sold it. Peter
Also there were no springs between them. There was a mixing
bellcrank under the baggage bag. It was all hard connected with rod end
bearings
I owned my ercoupe for quite a number of years and put hundreds of hours in it.
The limited elevator was but apart of it. The controls were another very big
part of it. Also there were no springs between them. There was a mixing
bellcrank under the baggage bag. It was all hard connected with
I've never flown one, but the 'coupe had spring-mediated control linkage
between the rudder and ailerons which provided automatic control coordination.
This worked very well to prevent the cross-control stall problem, but made
crabbing into a cross wind and slipping more difficult...not
At 01:03 PM 1/31/2014, you wrote:
>but the 'coupe had spring-mediated control linkage between the
>rudder and ailerons which provided automatic control coordination.
>This worked very well to prevent the cross-control stall problem,
>but made crabbing into a cross wind and slipping more
Larry,
I thought that was, "you can't fix stupid".
Daniel R. Heath -?Lexington, SC
-Original Message-
Unfortunately, they were underpowered and people started flying them heavy,
off short grass strips, in hot weather, and started hanging them on fence
post. You can't always control
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