ERCO Ercoupe
| ERCO Ercoupe | |
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.jpg) ERCO Ercoupe 415 |
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| Type: | light single-engine trainer aircraft , sport aircraft |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
1937 |
| Commissioning: |
1940 |
| Production time: |
1937-1941, 1946-1970 |
| Number of pieces: |
6000+ |
The ERCO Ercoupe was a two-seat, light sports and training aircraft produced by the US manufacturer Engineering and Research Corporation . The designer was Fred Weick , who died in Vero Beach , Florida in 1993 .
History and equipment
The high -wing aircraft with a double tail unit and tail landing gear should be able to be ordered as a kit from the catalog and controlled without much flight experience. This project, called W-1 , never got beyond draft. In 1936 Paul Weick moved to the Engineering and Research Corporation in Maryland . A new prototype was created there, a two-seater all-metal low -wing aircraft named ERCO 310 , whose first flight took place in 1937. The successor model Ercoupe 415 was a two-seater all-metal low- wing aircraft with a nose wheel landing gear. The fully glazed canopy enabled a 360 ° all-round view. There was a double vertical tail for better flight characteristics. This model started for the first time in 1937. From 1955 the models appeared under the name Fornair F-1 AirCoupe . In 1960 Air Products Carlsbad took over the production of the successor model F-1A Carlsbad Coupe . The successor model was released by Alon Aircraft under the name A-2 AirCoupe in 1964. This model had a revised chassis, wings made of aluminum instead of wood and a sliding roof cabin. The last model of this series, which was sold from 1967 to 1970 after the merger of Alon and Mooney under the name Mooney M-10 Cadet , had only a single, negative tail instead of a double . In 2008, 11 machines of this series were still in active use in Germany.
Incidents
During the period of use of this aircraft type, there have been 3 accidents with a total of 4 deaths.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Ercoupe 415 | ERCO 415-C | ERCO 415-D | ERCO 415-E | ERCO 415-F ERCO 415-G (de lux) |
Mooney M-10 Cadet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First flight | 1937 | |||||
| Production time | 1937-1941, 1946 | 1947 | 1948-1950 | Early 1950 to late 1950 | 1967-1970 | |
| length | 6.15 m | |||||
| span | 9.14 m | |||||
| height | 1.90 m | |||||
| Wing area | 13.20 m² | |||||
| Empty mass | 364 kg | |||||
| Max. Takeoff mass | 572 kg | |||||
| drive | a Wright 4-cylinder in-line engine 75 HP (55 kW) |
a Continental C-75 75 PS (55 kW) |
a Continental C-75 85 PS (63 kW) |
a Continental C-75 95 PS (70 kW) |
one injection 85 HP (63 kW) |
a Continental engine 90 PS (66 kW) |
| propeller | Two-bladed wooden propeller | |||||
| Tank capacity | 55 l | |||||
| Top speed | 188 km / h | |||||
| Cruising speed | 161 km / h | |||||
| Landing speed | 68 km / h | |||||
| Service ceiling | 4400 m | |||||
| Range | 645 km | |||||
| number of pieces | 1 | 112 | 4000 | 145 | 1000 | 52 |
literature
- Joseph P. Juptner: US Civil Aircraft Series Volume 8. Aero Publishers, 1980, reprinted in 1994 by TAB Books, ISBN 0-8168-9178-8 , pp. 72-74, 301-304
- Klaus-Jochen Rieger: Handbook of Classic Aircraft From Aero 45 to Zlin Z-43. Verlag HEEL GmbH, Königswinter 2011, ISBN 978-3-86852-097-2 , p. 92f
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Accidents with ERCO Ercoupe , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 27, 2018