My 415C with a C-90 engine, metal wings, and dual fork nose has a 886
lbs empty weight.
That is supposedly based on a fairly recent weighing; but that was
done before I bought the
plane and I don't know if scales were calibrated or not. From looking
at other emails I don't
think I want to weigh it.....I could lose 50 lbs of useful load and
the plane won't fly any different.
Dan Caliendo
Ercoupe Mach 0.14
3658H
On Sep 2, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Hartmut Beil wrote:
My suspicion is that the 800 pound Ercoupes were the Pre war
Coupes . They came with an A-65 and only one wing tank.
Probably not much interior and a wooden prop. Fabric wings of course.
That shaves off a 100 pounds.
I would be astounded to find a reasonable equipped Ercoupe that
weighs less than 900 pounds.
Hartmut
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 05:56:50 -0700
Subject: [ercoupe-tech] W & B continued
Thanks for all who are sharing their plane's "Empty Weight". I was
thinking mine was heavy but it looks like it is very typical. Jim
had shared a W & B form with me and it showed, for an example, an
ercoupe with a empty weight of only 804 lbs. Is this weight really
possible? I'm sure it is a fabric wing with little instrumentation
but still only 804 lbs. Maybe we ought to have a contest for the
lightest ercoupe (The Biggest Loser). I've never watched that
show. Any comments on the lightest?
Richard
N94004
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