Exellent Donald,
My case is there is a lot of misinformation, either intentional or intentional,
being advertised about Ercoupes. You are right about getting the CD (compact
disk) from the Feds with a given N number's records, or paying I think it is
AOPA, about $50 to get a quick reading on the records for a given aircraft
usually in a day.
Also, recently there have been advertisements for Ercoupe ID plates being sold
for a pretty penny and it doesn't pass the smell test either. I wish we had a
clearing house to identify bona fide light sport Ercoupes for everyone to view.
But then there are people who----------
One little correction. About your statement "Red flags should come up if you
see an enlarged trim tab" can throw you off because the factory CD's qualirfy
as light sports but have the enlarged trim tab. The CD's were made after the
D's were manufactured so they had most of the features of a D, except for the
elevator restriction, and their gross weight limitation is the same as a C.
Jeez this gets complicated.
Maybe I'll mention a quirk about the ID plate on a true CD at a later time.
TMI for now.
Bart
