On 21 Jul 2004 17:57:21 -0700, Bob Fry
wrote:

"Dr. Bob Lade" writes:

The castored main gear on the Ercoupe

Ercoupes don't have castoring (swiveling, turning, rotating) main gear
(legs). They are simply robust enough to take the side forces
generated by a crabbed landing.

This is not true. The main gear does rotate to compensate for crabbed
landings.

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