Thank you my friend! Yes, these Ercoupes have a big friendly wing for sure. No rudder pedals!? A crazy concept that might have been ahead of it's time. All the best to you brother 😎👍😁
That is a beauty John! Balsa USA really kits some nice planes. That DLE needs some mid range tuning! Nicely flown. The first thing I'd do if I had a model Ercoupe is spin it! Lol. Never knew they sold them a Macy's! Crazy.
Thanks Adam for checking in, I agree, BUSA really makes some nice models for sure! I don't doubt for a second that you'd try to spin it!! Immediately following WWII, several of the large department store chains were selling planes, here's a great article, well worth the few minutes to read: www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/buy-your-plane-at-penneys-8036799/
You can't spin it if you can't cross control it! An Ercoupe will just mush along (high rate of descent), power off (or on) with full up elevator. It won't drop a wing (lots of dihedral) and you'll still have roll control with the full span ailerons.
@@JamesGoodIf its a model...I'd see that I could independently control aileron and rudder, and several of the full scales were modified with rudder pedals for independent controls. (not so they could spin it, but to improve crosswind performance)So like I said...the first thing I'd do is spin it. Lol
Ercoupe pilot here. You crab into wind, lined up with the runway. You stay like all the way to the ground (sometimes you're looking forwards, out the side of the window!), and as soon as the strong, trailing link main's touch down, your momentum pulls the aircraft straight. At that point, you need the nose gear on the ground, and then you're steering with the yoke to maintain center-line. BTW, my Ercoupe has rudder pedals (the auto-mixer is disconnected), and I still land that way - it works really well, up to 25mph cross wind component (according to the manual, never need to land with that much crosswind personally).
