Mike wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:tFi9k.174686$TT4.20883@attbi_s22...
A few months ago a group of us "pilots with kids" realized that our
pilot-rated children could no longer afford to fly even the
clapped-out rental 150s at our local FBO. Over a few beers, we started
plotting a way to help.
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That's a great story and a nice little project. I don't have much time
in an Ercoupe, but my first flight in one definitely changed my
impression of them.

As far as the starter goes, a lot of pre-60's model aircraft have those
types of starters. They are actually kind of nice because instead of
having a starter solenoid, you provide that function by pulling out the
starter knob. It's one less thing to go wrong, although sometimes you
need to make minor adjustments to the linkage to get it to work right.



Until you pull the thing and it comes out of the panel like it did in a
C-150 on me one time.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI