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Ed. My Ercoupe N3330H is a Model E Conversion. It is an FAA approved conversion and a new Data plate with the date of the conversion has been assigned. It shows the date of the conversion 1995, manufactured by Engineering and Research, for Sanders Aviation Inc. and is therefor maybe the only very very late model 415-E in existence. (weird part is that the FAA registration has it still registered as a 415 C/D) Brings me to the point that the ERcoupe Information letter #1 from January first 1956 (Conversion of Ercoupes to Later Models) is listing the 415-C and 415 C/D eligible for a conversion to either a D or preferable an E Model to improve also the landing qualities and achieve the 1400 # gross weight. (see attachment) The fact that most Ercoupes are being converted to 415-D's lies in the desire for more horsepower a lot of people have and unfortunately the only STC available to put the O-200 engine in is the one Lee from Skyport sells. I talked to him just a few month ago about it and he told me that he filed two years ago for an extension of this STC to the whole Ercoupe family of the later Type Certificate. No answers yet. However both the Type certificates A-718 and A-787 explicitly name all serial numbers from 113 thru 4423 and 4500 and up eligible to be converted to a D model. This note was probably written when the 415-D was the latest model in that line. Type certificate A-787 lists Serial numbers 3779 and 4869 and up eligible for model E's . Since I can't imagine that only one earlier built Ercoupe is picked out as eligible it can only mean that eligibility went all the way back to these planes which were sitting on the ramp, unsold and had all the C/D modifications being done to them. The latter number is the first true model - E. It all sounds probably weird to everyone here on the list , but I write this to encourage more owners who think about enhancing their Ercoupes to consider the maybe more hairy , complicated path to enhance the landing capabilities of their Coupes by installing the split elevator. It makes your Coupe safer and easier to land , no matter how you call your Coupe then C, D or E . Hartmut Ed Burkhead wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Lynn,There's no such thing as converting to an E model, per the FAA. > You can convert to the D because that's spelled out in the type > certificate. That gives you the legal increase in gross weight.If you > can find an FAA person with an IQ above room temperature, you MAY get > a 337 signed off to install a split elevator which, IMHO (and Fred > Weick's), increased safety -- but that does NOT make it an E. Ed > Burkhead > Beginning Challenger II builder > Peoria, > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://edburkhead.home.insightbb.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] O 200 STC > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Gaylon; Skyport has the STC to install an O-200 into a > 415-D model. The list price is $129.00 The rest of the > parts, not including the O-200 will run you about $600. > These include, but are not limited to: electric fuel pump, > engine mounts, fuel pump warning light, circuit breaker, > Hobbs pressure switch, and instrument decals. > If you have a 415-C model, you will most likely have to > convert it to a 415-D or E model in order to get approval > for the O-200. Best talk to your IA and FAA representative > to determine what they will require. > Regards. > Lynn Nelsen > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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