Harmut, You are right. As I remember it, we did an estimate of the stall speed at 1320 GW and it was near the limit.
Frank Nelson N51DV - 415C TOA --- In [email protected], "Hartmut Beil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Small corrections here. > > The official power off stall speed for 415D, 415E, 415G and Forney F1 models is 56 MPH > 56 mile/hour (mph) = 48.662 669 547 knot > > So there you go. The later style Ercoupes won't qualify for Sport Pilot because a higher gross weight also results in a higher stall speed. > > I don't have the Flight manual for an Alon, but 45 knots stall speed seems too optimistic to me. The Alon has an even higher gross weight. > > The only way that an Ercoupe would qualify would be by using the Skyport STC thereby REDUCING the gross weight for later style Ercoupes. > > Now John, if that would be an option , this would be a good selling STC wouldn't it? > > Hartmut > >
