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Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so
much.


The one taking off with JATO bottles must
have been a heck of a ride.

And then there is the taildragger version
in here somewhere........




Role
Light aircraft

National origin
United States

Manufacturer
Engineering and Research Corporation

Designer
Fred Weick

First flight
1937

Produced
1940–1969

Number built
5,685

Unit cost

US $2,665–9,295 (1941)
($46.3 thousand–162 thousand in 2019 dollars)

Variants
Alon X-A4 Aircoupe
Mooney M10 Cadet
Bryan Autoplane


Specifications (Ercoupe 415-C)

General characteristics
Crew: 1 or 2
Capacity: 0 or 1 pax
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 sq ft (13.25 m2)
Airfoil: NACA 43013[48]
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C75-12 4-cylinder air-cooled
horizontally-opposed piston engine, 75 hp (56 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance
Maximum speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
Cruise speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)
Never exceed speed: 144 mph (232 km/h, 125 kn)
Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)
Wing loading: 8.83 lb/sq ft (43.1 kg/m2)


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