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	ERCO Ercoupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ercoupe is a low wing monoplane first manufactured by the ERCO aircraft company shortly before the second World War.
		The Aircraft Type Certificate for the Ercoupe passed from ERCO to Forney, then to the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, then to Alon (which manufactured the aircraft as the Aircoupe), and to Mooney and finally rests with Univair Aircraft Corporation of Colorado.
		Early Ercoupes were powered with 65 hp (48 kW) A-65 Continental 4-cylinder engines, with the final versions of the Aircoupe being powered by 90hp Continental C90-16F engines also of 4 cylinders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ercoupe (183 words)

	Ercoupe
		Several brands of airplanes, including the Ercoupe, were displayed and sold in prestigious department stores.
		The backlog of Ercoupe orders was so great that in the early spring of 1946 ERCO established a night shift, doubling production to 20 airplanes per day.
		There were usually 100 Ercoupes or more on the field being tested or waiting to be flown away by dealers or owners.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3651/cfacts/ercoupe.htm (314 words)

	Some Ercoupe history
		The Ercoupe was designed between 1936 and 1940, with the first flight of the prototype in 1937.
		Designed by Fred Weick and a small team, the Ercoupe was the first plane to incorporate much of the original research that Weick performed as the assistant chief of the NACA aerodynamics division.
		The propeller of the Ercoupe was removed, and to be sure of getting off the ground, they doubled the number of rockets and started the airplane rolling by towing it with a rope attached to a truck.
	www.bassace.com /ercoupe/ercoupe_history.htm (1055 words)

	Ercoupe Specs
		In Ercoupes with linked rudders/ailerons, in a cross-wind, the airplane is landed in a wing- level crab.
		The Ercoupe 415-C and CD have a maximum gross weight of 1260 lbs and were built from 1940-1947.
		The Ercoupe 415-D, E and G have a maximum gross weight of 1400 lbs and were built from 1947-1950.
	www.bassace.com /ercoupe/ercoupe_specs.htm (264 words)

	Journal-Express/The Reminder - News - 06/09/2004 - Ercoupe convention comes to Knoxville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		More than 100 antique Ercoupe aircraft from all over the United States are expected to arrive at the Knoxville Municipal Airport, Jim Bellamy Field for the National Ercoupe Association Convention June 17-20.
		Ercoupes normally have 65-100 horsepower engines and get from 19-25 miles per gallon at typical cruise speeds of 100-120 miles per hour.
		On Ercoupes produced prior to 1962, pilots even get "convertible." as the side windows slide downwards inside the fuselage allowing for "elbow out the side" open cockpit flying when it's hot in the summer and a person does not mind the breeze.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11914681&BRD=1463&PAG=461&dept_id=180222&rfi=6 (481 words)

	Ercoupers FAQ
		The FAA even allows a little plaque to be in the cockpit that says as much. When a coupe stalls, the wing ends up just mushing, but with the ailerons still in control of the plane. Since it's in coordination, it can't spin.
		The Ercoupe can be landed at any speed from just above stall to cruise speed because the gear is designed to make sure the wings are at an negative angle of attack when the gear is on the ground (very different from the tail draggers of its day).
		Ercoupes aren't built anymore, but Univair is the Type Certificate holder for the Ercoupe series and thus is the factory for new, Ercoupe, Forney, Alon and M-10 parts.
	www.ercoupers.com /ercoupers_faq.htm (3064 words)

	Ercoupe model airplane Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ercoupe Model Airplane are great for when you're looking to get better at ercoupe model airplane for selfish purposes.
		If you need help locating ercoupe model airplane then you've come to the right place because we have all the ercoupe model airplane you could want.
		The first real production Ercoupe was the 415C model and 112 were built and...
	airplane.allgreatblogs.com /airplane-video/ercoupe-model-airplane.html (275 words)

	Ercoupe 415C
		ACAM's Ercoupe is a 415C which was built in 1946.
		Our Ercoupe is currently the only model on display in a Museum in Atlantic Canada that we know of.
		In early 1946 as many as 30 Ercoupes were coming off the production line a day.
	acam.ednet.ns.ca /ercoupe.htm (244 words)

	Ercoupe 415C - 1946
		The Ercoupe Network and Owner's club great site with loads of pictures of member's airplaines in a great assortment of colours.
		Artie Langston's Ercoupe Page This site has a good history of the plane and a series of advertising pictures used over the years.
		Neat picture of a Ercoupe on floats with Manhattan in the background.
	www.ftlcomm.com /ensign/planes/ercoupe/ercoupe.html (473 words)

	What We Learned About Ercoupe ... Owners
		Our apparently pathetic attempt to explain how we got into the mess made even more 'Coupers upset so, here, from Ed Burkhead, of the Ercoupe Owners Club, is how an Ercoupe really lands in a crosswind: "The key to the Ercoupe gear is the same as the key to virtually all tricycle gear planes.
		When Fred Weick decided to sell the Ercoupe with two controls to make flying easier, it was necessary to use a landing gear that could handle crabbed landings.
		Ercoupes, like the modern aircraft which copied from them, have steerable nose gear.
	www.avweb.com /newswire/10_18b/briefs/187207-1.html (341 words)

	The Ercoupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		OVER the horizon comes the new "ERCOUPE," the lightplane that can be flown with utter simplicity and handed with extreme ease under any conditions and by any pilot.
		The structure of the Ercoupe is all-metal as is the covering of all but the outer wing panels.
		The ERCOUPE lends itself very nicely towards a flying scale model because of its simplicity of construction and adjusting for flight.
	www.theplanpage.com /Months/2108/coupe.htm (1784 words)

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		But go to a fly-in where the Ercoupe is parked among its contemporaries of the same vintage and it is striking how different and modern it looks.
		During the time that he owned an Ercoupe (1946 through 1956), it must have been an important item in his life, as he later always prominently displayed a picture of it in the private office of his future very successful auto auction business.
		Below is a juxtaposition of my father and his own Ercoupe many decades ago (b/w photo), and me with an Ercoupe in the year 2000 (bottom color photo).
	www.gold-mountain.com /icm.html (1417 words)

	Station Information - ERCO aka Ercoupe
		Weick came to work for ERCO and brought the idea of the Ercoupe with him.
		The Aircraft Type Certificate for the Ercoupe passed from ERCO to Forney, then to the city of Carlsbad New Mexico, then to Alon (which manufactured the aircraft as the Aircoupe), and to Mooney and finally rests with Univair Aricraft Corporation of Colorado.
		Early Ercoupes were powered with 65hp A-65 Continental 4 cylinder engines, with the final versions of the Aircoupe being powered by 90hp Continental C90-16F engines also of 4 cylinders.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/e/er/erco_aka_ercoupe.html (247 words)

	Fly-Low Publications Aviation News
		Undaunted by the wind and towering cumulonimbus clouds, pilots flying Ercoupes began arriving at Minden, Nebraska from Pennsylvania to the east, Idaho to the west, Georgia to the south, and points in between.
		Over 125 members attended the reunion, and 25 Ercoupes were on the flight line during the event.
		The 21-page instruction manual (pilot operating manual) says the Ercoupe was certified by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, predecessor to the FAA, as “characteristically incapable of spinning.” Stalling the aircraft is very difficult because of limited elevator travel.
	www.fly-low.com /feat0705/ercoupe.html (657 words)

	Eye of Experience #23: Those Wonderful 'Coupes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There were numerous other unique design features which put the 'coupe years ahead of its time, including the fact that it was the first general aviation airplane to move the third wheel from the rear up to the front, thus creating an airplane with a steerable nosewheel, a feature found on almost all airplanes today.
		Since it is impossible to "cross-control" the ailerons and rudder it is impossible to slip the 'coupe, and since it doesn't have flaps some pilots complain that an approach can't be shortened.
		Back in the 1950s when I was an Ercoupe owner, I belonged to the Owners Association and regularly received a little bulletin called "The Coupe Scoop" which was loaded with tips on flying and maintaining the bird.
	www.avweb.com /news/columns/182225-1.html (2513 words)

	FAQ
		The Ercoupe is a 2-seat airplane that was designed by Fred E. Weick for ERCO (Engineering Research Corporation).
		Ercoupes were immensely popular, but in the 1947 bust in the airplane business, only companies with 4-place planes survived.
		The Ercoupes were designed so the rudder can optionally be linked to the ailerons so that the controls are always in coordination.
	www.ercoupe.org /ercoupers_faq.htm (4774 words)

	Erco / Forney 415 Ercoupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the Ercoupe, designer Fred Weick had devised a system whereby rudders and ailerons where coupled, so that the pilot only needed a steering wheel to maneuvre its airplane through the skies.
		In Europe, the Ercoupe was imported by the Belgian company Intair who succeeded in selling several examples both in Belgium and the rest of Europe.
		The first batch of Ercoupes imported into Europe by Intair were shown to the press at Antwerp airport on April 16, 1947.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /clyde/808/ercoupe.html (404 words)

	Erco 415 Ercoupe
		The resulting Ercoupe was easy to fly and spin proof with no dangerous stall characteristics, and a good field of view.
		However, because of the aircraft's inability to spin, Ercoupe pilots were at first prohibited from flying other aircraft because they had not received spin training.
		Flying the Ercoupe is a different experience, but it is one that many pilots enjoy to this day.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/erco415.htm (878 words)

	Alaska Flying Sabbatical - Part 1
		Ron has been hangaring my Ercoupe, along with a few vintage planes of his own, for the better part of a year.
		An Ercoupe has three tanks, one 9 gallon on each wing, and one six gallon on the nose behind and a little above the engine (24 gallons in all).
		The FAA approves because it is a non-vital element in the fuel system (due to the gravity feed from the nose tank).
	ronkilber.tripod.com /alaska/alaska1.htm (5329 words)

	ercoupe weight and balance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		CD order information The Ercoupe was the only airplane to ever have been displayed in Macy's Department Store windows.
		May, 2004 balance point as possible to minimize the effect of fuel weight on balance.
		Ercoupe New weight and balance calculated July, 1996.
	www.good-balance-information.info /ercoupe-weight-and-balance.php (866 words)

	The Ercoupe is a "warbird" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The airplane is silver, trimmed in blue and red, with round stars on the wings and fuselage, and the american flag on the rudders.
		That Ercoupe was built in December the 4th 1940, and sold to the US Army Air Corps January 4th 1941 for the sum of $10.00.
		The rocket powered Ercoupe did not have an official flight record as this was a top secret program at the time.
	www.hevanet.com /pwood/iswarbrd.htm (1148 words)

	Ercoupe Owners Club Home
		We fly an airplane that was the peak of pre-World War II development.
		It took more than a decade and a half before the features of the Ercoupe were the norm in civil aviation.
		The members of the Ercoupe Owners Club provide each other mutual support as we keep these classic aircraft in the air.
	www.ercoupe.org (219 words)

	ercoupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alon Ercoupe By Jack Hill Jack Hill brings us a great Alon Aircoupe model that is very fun to fly.
		Range: 505 miles note: according to Jane's; PT-17 specifications vary from source to source 1946 Ercoupe* 415D The Ercoupe was manufactured by the Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO) in nearby...
		I remember being very proud of the fact that the Ercoupe was the only plane at the airport with a...
	ultimate-ultralight-kit.com /ercoupe (1033 words)

	...And Gathering With Like-Minded Souls
		In the Type-Club Tent, four guys are hanging around the table assigned to the Ercoupe Owners Club.
		Thirty-two alleged Ercoupe owners have signed in so far on the clipboard.
		But it was "too far to fly," as apparently it is for all but the most rare and intrepid Ercoupe owners.
	www.avweb.com /newswire/10_16c/leadnews/187109-1.html (185 words)

	College Park Aviation Museum: History: ERCO
		In 1937, Berliner purchased 50 acres of land in Riverdale, MD, near the College Park Airport, and built the large ERCO factory and airstrip.
		The first experimental model of the Ercoupe was test flown at College Park airport in 1937.
		The first Ercoupe, serial no. 1, was owned by George Brinckerhoff and flown at College Park Airport, and now belongs to the National Air and Space Museum.
	pgparks.com /places/historic/cpam/3erco.html (253 words)

	That Little Ercoupe
		y little green and white Ercoupe (N3948H) was a joy to fly.
		That Ercoupe, a small under-powered two-seater, was hardly a high-performance machine.
		I decided that Ercoupe wasn't meant to mix it up with the big boys.
	www.avweb.com /news/airman/184429-1.html (1214 words)

	Ercoupe Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It came almost immediately in the shape of a friend that had an Ercoupe.
		This causes some handling problems in crosswinds and is probably the reason some think the Ercoupe is dangerous in a crosswind.
		I'm flying a friend's Ercoupe and with that and the other things in my life the time just hasn't been there.
	www.flyingshepherds.com /ercoupe.htm (1011 words)

	Ercoupe Mailing List and Newsgroups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are two mailing lists devoted to the Ercoupe.
		One list is an unmoderated general list while the other is devoted to technical topics and is moderated to make sure it stays on topic.
		These mailing lists are the primary forums for discussion of the Ercoupe.
	ercoupe.com /mailing_list.htm (112 words)

	Ercoupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		You can get a Federal license to fly with 1/3 less instruction in an ERCOUPE than in any other type of airplane.
		ERCOUPE'S spin-proof safety design results in simplified operation.
		A single steering wheel guides ERCOUPE up or down, banks and turns it left or right...
	1000aircraftphotos.com /LowWingMono/Ercoupe.htm (86 words)

	Ercoupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Het ontwerp dateert al van 1938 en was een van de eerste (wellicht zelfs het eerste) ontwerp met een neuswiel.
		Je landt een Ercoupe dus eigenlijk als een B52, alleen hoef je de crosswindcomponent niet vooraf in te stellen.
		Dat het eenvoudig is een Ercoupe zonder voetenstuur bij crosswind te landen bleek wel uit het feit dat ik na de demonstratie van Harvey de volgende landing zonder hulp kon verrichten.
	www.mvvh.nl /henri/ercoupe.htm (533 words)

	Airliners.net: Erco Ercoupe and derivatives
		In 1937, Fred Weick of Erco (The Engineering and Research Corp) developed the model 310, which was the basis for the distinctive Ercoupe.
		The first flight was made on October 1, 1937 with a 37hp Continental A-40 engine, which was later replaced by a 55hp Erco IL-116.
		Production of the Ercoupe was handed over to Sanders, who completed 209 aircraft from Erco parts as the 415E (85hp Continental C-85-12 engine), 415F (90hp C-90), 415G ClubAir (85hp C-85-12 with an additional rear kid's seat), and 415H (75hp C-75).
	www.airliners.net /info/stats.main?id=393 (794 words)

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