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The I-L 116 Erco engine that is displayed at NASM was rebuilt by Skip Carden, executive director of the Ercoupe Owners Club and then donated to NASM. Ercoupe Ser. No. 1 will be displayed on the third level of Udvar-Hazy, hanging from the ceiling, as if it were flying. Syd Cohen John Stevens wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Just a thought - I know that there was never an "official" POH for the > 415-C model as it was not required at the time the aircraft was > manufactured. The only thing I have seen is an "adapted" version from > the 415-C/D and 415-D models I could imagine the A-65 version of the > "coupe" probably had even less information available. Might be a > tough call. > > Also as an aside I was out to the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles > last week. I was pleased to see that in the "engine garden" there was > one of the prototype I-L I16 Erco inverted inline engines on display. > Even a nice picture of the front end of the original design "coupe" > with the narrow nose. No Ercoupe S/N #1 though - not sure where they > are going to display that in the end. The rest of the museum is worth > a visit (just remember that the museum is free admission, the parking > is $12!). > > They've balanced the "popular" and somewhat "obscure" exhibits and > have done a very nice job given the early days of the center - can't > wait to see how it looks in a couple of years! > > Cheers! > > John - 415-C (CF-RGD) > > ========================================================================== ==== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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