Dan wrote in news:de3dd05a-a0eb-4337-9a8f-
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Perhaps someone will know...

Why hasn't the Ercoupe design been repackaged as a kit or LSA? It
seems to be the ideal design for the casual weekend flier (with or
without rudder pedals).

Side by side, sips fuel, low gross weight, proven design, etc.

I'm not interested in buying one (see "slow") but the few people I
know who own or have flown them have nothing but praise for the design
given its mission.


I've flown them, they're awful.



Mooney warmed it up in the sixties with a single Mooney style fin. these
were even spinnable. It was called the Cadet. Very few were sold.



Find whoever owns the rights and knock yourself out. I'd suspect it's
still Mooney, though there might be an associaiton or club who owns the
STC.
If it isn't one of those, it's some old fjukkwit who lives in a trailer
and sells second hand tires. He thinks he's sitting on a goldmine with
the Urp-cup drawings stuffed in his mattress.


Bertie

Bertie