1946 Ercoupe 415C For Sale

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1946 Ercoupe 415C $39,500 Financing / Calculate Payment Insurance / Ferry Pilot Location: Western USA

Total Time:
4015 hrs.
Engine: Continental
75 hp C-75-12
765 hrs. SMOH
Prop:
Next Annual:
June, 2007

Photos: Exterior1 Exterior2 Panel

QUALIFIES FOR THE SPORT LICENSE!
Final determination of eligibility of the aircraft
is the responsibility of the buyer.

Avionics:
• Apollo SL-40 Com Flip-Flop PTT • Garmin 196 GPS • Garmin TXP GTX 320A Transponder with Encoder • Delphi Satellite • Radio Intercom

When the Ercoupe was introduced in 1946, the company claimed you could learn to fly in a single day.

Equipment & Features:
• Fiberglass Nose Cone( rare!) • Full Electrical System • No Rudder Pedals • Nav Strobes • Interior Lights • Good Glass • Hangared • All A.D.'s Complied • No Corrosion • All Logs • No Damage History • Compressions: 76 / 76 / 74 / 75

Exterior:
9 - Complete Restoration in the late 1990's.

Interior:
9 - New Airtex Interior.

Comments:
This plane won 1st Place at Oshkosh in the 1990's, and it is even better equipped and nicer now. The Light Sport License pilot has some choices, they can buy an older taildragger, find a qualifying Ercoupe in "whatever" condition, spending $100,000 or so for a new sport plane, or buy a fully-restored Ercoupe like this. Call me now to discuss.

The Ercoupe (E and R coming from the company's name: Engineering and Research Corporation) was one of the most unusual-and controversial-light airplanes ever built. It was designed by Fred E. Weick, one of aviation's foremost engineers, who decided to solve with one bold stroke the biggest single cause of aviation fatalities: the stall, followed by spin, at altitudes too low to permit recovery. The Ercoupe was designed to be stall-proof and spin-proof.

The Ercoupe was noticeably faster than its contemporaries and quite comfortable and easy to fly. One nice touch was that the cockpit canopy could be opened in flight, producing much the same sensation as driving a convertible with the top down. It was a nice looking, aluminum fuselage with cloth wings, and it was true that it would neither stall nor spin. The major thrust of the sales effort was "anyone can fly," and cases without end were cited in which pilots who had never had a previous lesson soloed in three hours, or two, or even one. As some owners began to metalize the wings, the factory did produce some later models with metal wings.

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Updated March 1, 2007. For more information, call us at 763-389-9399.
Specifications are based upon owner's representations and subject to buyer's verification. Aircraft are subject to prior sale or removal from market. Registration numbers on photos may be altered or removed to protect the privacy of the owner, and to ensure that buyers will work with us to complete the purchase.