Ercoupes... ?

Bob Moore wrote:
houstondan wrote


did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.


Which Boeings have castering main landing gear?

The B-52. :-) Not exactly, but close.

Matt

("Bob Moore" wrote)
did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.


Q. Is the Shift Key broken on your computer?
A. ??


Montblack

houstondan wrote:
did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.


Ercoupe's DO NOT have castoring mains, old myth. Don't know where it
ever came from.

I owned one for 2.5 years.
The "trick" to the landing is the trailing link mains. Once it touches
down it will have a tendency to straighten out. They do not castor.
Never did.

Ryan
Former owner of N3000G
Forney F-1

Jim Macklin wrote:
B52 gear is set for the crab angle for take-off and landing,
the gear is locked in position and doesn't free caster. It
is also used for steering.

The Ercoupe gear doesn't really caster either. It is a trailing
link gear. While it will swing some, it wants to return to the
center afterwards.

"houstondan" == houstondan writes:

houstondan did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by
houstondan big boeings and shopping carts everywhere. also very
houstondan cool.

The mains DO NOT caster. They are built to take the side loads
generated by landing at a crabbed angle.

Montblack wrote:
("Bob Moore" wrote)
did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.


Q. Is the Shift Key broken on your computer?
A. ??


Montblack

montblack,

dont you yuo mean/

..q. Is the shift key broken on your computer/
..a. //

860
monk

("Flyingmonk" wrote)
.q. Is the shift key broken on your computer/


small "L" small "S" ....clever. :-)

The way I see it, houstandan is grandfather'd in. Anyone else gets ...!!!!

Same with [xxx] and his #!^&%*. It's the second person doing it who drives
me nuts. Throw in DeLoon DeLoon and his "quoting" issues, too.

There's more...


Montblack

The way I see it, houstandan is grandfather'd in. Anyone else gets ...!!!!

Same with [xxx] and his #!^&%*. It's the second person doing it who drives
me nuts. Throw in DeLoon DeLoon and his "quoting" issues, too.

There's more...

Wow. That's as close to a "rant" as I've ever seen you do, Montblack!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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"Montblack" wrote:

("Flyingmonk" wrote)
.q. Is the shift key broken on your computer/


small "L" small "S" ....clever. :-)

The way I see it, houstandan is grandfather'd in. Anyone else gets ...!!!!

Same with [xxx] and his #!^&%*. It's the second person doing it who drives
me nuts. Throw in DeLoon DeLoon and his "quoting" issues, too.

There's more...

What?
No movie, lyrics or web references?

"houstondan" wrote in message
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did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.

Bullshirt!