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How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
- Michael Hainen
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01 Jul 2020 08:25 #13
by Michael Hainen
Replied by Michael Hainen on topic How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
Well, haven't picked up my coupe yet, but friend and A&P did weigh it with new battery and engine oil, no fuel and they came up with 936#. Seems kind of chunky to me for a plain jane 1946 415c. Guess it is up to me to shed the extra weight. Just keep thinking, every 6lbs is another gallon of gas. They are doing the gross weight increase STC this week. Still LSA. Come on FAA, pass the MOSAIC thing next year and get that LSA weight up to 3300 lbs. One can hope
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18 May 2020 22:29 #14
by Matt Gunsch
A&P, IA, PPSEL
too many years GA and Warbird Maint
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Replied by Matt Gunsch on topic How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
993 on my 415G, but that was before I removed some dead electronics and very detailed cleaning of the inside of the fuselage.
A&P, IA, PPSEL
too many years GA and Warbird Maint
Check out the Ercoupe Discussion group on facebook
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- Gale York
17 May 2020 09:35 #15
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Replied by Gale York on topic How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
7500C Forney F1 is 971#'s.
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16 May 2020 15:30 #16
by Ken Thompson
Replied by Ken Thompson on topic How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
Mine weighs 848.
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11 May 2020 16:58 #17
by Bruce Bennett
Replied by Bruce Bennett on topic How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
My 415C with the 75 hp engine is a very basic VFR with fabric wings and canvas baggage compartment. It was weighed at the Iowa Ercoupe Convention last year and came in at 902 lbs empty. Someone had repainted the wings long ago by adding paint. I suspect the extra paint is a 20 lb weight penalty but I have no intention of recovering the wings to save the weight.
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09 May 2020 02:28 #18
by Michael Hainen
Replied by Michael Hainen on topic How much does your ERCOUPE WEIGH?
so far none under 900 lbs. I guess that Wikipedia figure of a 750 lb Ercoupe is a real unicorn, An 850 pounder would be too much to hope for Keep'em coming.
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