Prof. Ed asked: So is there anyone who has an experimental category Ercoupe. Prof. Ed,
As I understand it, there is no such thing as an experimental aircraft that was previously a certificated aircraft - except for temporary experimental status during testing of a modification. It is possible to totally gut the aircraft, fabricate 51% of a new aircraft using some of the parts and design of the certificated aircraft to create a new, 51% Amateur Built Experimental. What your friend had better do is find a very friendly and accommodating Designated Engineering Representative, go through the list of proposed modifications and find out what might be approved and what sort of engineering study and testing regime would be required. He needs to do all this before making any modifications. If he comes up with any new and interesting modifications, supported by the appropriate engineering data, testing and DER approval, perhaps others might want to use it as a reference or, if possible, buy the STC. That's the way it works as I understand it. Wish him good luck. Ed Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/index.htm ed -at- edbur???khead.yyy change -at- to @, remove the ??? and change yyy to com
