Max's Primary Trainer: ERCO Ercoup-415C

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ERCO Ercoupe-415C

MaxSez: This genial beauty is still flying after rebuilds. My second primary trainer, a step up. (Coupled ailerons/rudders plus tricycle gear). (The first was a tail dragger an Aeronca Champ. (The Super D is an aerobatic, big wing, Modification of the Champ). This 4 banger reciprocator belongs in the IF inventory as a Fledgling primary trainer with panache!

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Specifications (Ercoupe 415-C)
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wing area: 142.6 ft² (13.25 m²)
Empty weight: 749 lb (339 kg)
Useful load: 511 lb (233 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 1,260 lb (572 kg)
Powerplant: 1 Ă— Continental C-75-12, 75 hp (56 kW) at 2,300 rpm
PerformanceNever exceed speed: 125 knots (144 mph, 232 km/h)
Maximum speed: 96 knots (110 mph, 177 km/h)
Cruise speed: 83 knots (95 mph, 153 km/h)
Stall speed: 42 knots (48 mph, 77 km/h)
Range: 261 NM (300 mi, 482 km)
Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.79 m/s)
Wing loading: 8.83 lb/ft² (43.17 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.13 hp/lb (210 W/kg)
(Source: Text, Wiki -Photo, Fair Use/Public Domaine )

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Love these things. The coupling of the rudder is a super cool idea. It made it “spin proof”
Edit: spin proof in ideal circumstances and according to the manufacturer

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