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Yeah, I know. I figure it will cost me somewhere between 30 and 50 thousand in the end(yes, maybe a lot more) But a large chunk of that will be engine and avionics which I will not have to buy immediately. Mostly I'm doing it because I've wanted to build a plane for a long time, and I think that this will be a unique and challenging project. I chose the Ercoupe because I just love the plane and the plans were available (the parts too if I just can't figure something out). I could have chosen something like a zodiak but where's the challenge in that. Besides it'll be neat to own the newest ercoupe in the world. I just hope that the drawings are still complete. Chris On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:34:07 -0800 (PST), "Jim Duffy" wrote: > > ----[Please read <a href="http://mail.trent.net/jump/http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm";>http ://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm</a> before following any advice > in this forum.]---- > > > I have built a homebuilt and believe me you cannot build an Ercoupe for what > you can buy one for. JIm N87349 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 2:35 PM > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Building a Coupe from plans. > > > > ----[Please read <a href="http://mail.trent.net/jump/http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm";>http ://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm</a> before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Yes, well I'm planning to anyway, but before I do I > > need to figure out the legality of it. I know I can > > build just about anything as an experimental aircraft > > and I am fine on that as far as the FAA is concerned. > > My question is what about the fact that Univair owns > > the type certs for the plane that I will be building. > > Will I have any legal obligation to them? > > > > > > By the way: If you want the background on this before > > calling me a nut then read on. If not then just stop > > now and call me a nut anyway. > > > > I've been hooked on flying ever since a kind pilot > > invited an awestruck three year old me up to see the > > cockpit of a 747 many years ago. It kind of sets the > > backdrop for a scene for two summers ago, a 25 year old > > computer tech working at an airport, with a week of > > complimentary passes to Oshkosh and two weeks vacation. > > It was my first Oshkosh and the first time I saw an > > ercoupe. Oshkosh renewed my obsession with aircraft, > > flying, warbirds, and the usual kitplanes... but left > > an odd fascination with an unusual plane out in the > > grass. N2546H, perhaps the most simply and elegantly > > unique plane at the show. Yes, it was an ercoupe. > > > > Oshkosh left it's mark, I signed up for flight lessons > > the next week. > > > > I didn't think much about the Ercoupe in my original > > fascination with kitplanes, but it seemed to keep > > coming up, mostly for financial reasons. When I finaly > > set about seriously looking for my own plane it turned > > out that an Ercoupe was about the most elegant plane I > > could afford. I must thank Steve Christmas for my > > first ride in an Ercoupe, and it was a wonderous > > flight. But financial circumstances and the loss of a > > roommate constrained my budget still further and I was > > unable to buy it. I sincerely hope that Steve has > > found a good new owner for that plane and , I wish him > > the best of luck. > > > > I was hooked on Ercoupes but by now my budget was > > barely up to an ercoupe project. I sought them out > > anyway, to little avail. Discouraged, I returned to > > looking at kitplanes, then downgraded even that to > > looking at plans. Hope eventually started to return, > > after all I work at an airport, surrounded by enough > > equipment and expertise to roll a new BizJet off the > > line every couple of weeks. It also turns out that > > quite a few people at work have built, or are building, > > kitplanes, some of them from plans. I might not end up > > owning an Ercoupe but at least I would end up owning > > something, and I would get to actually build it.. > > Bonus. > > > > Then a thought struck me, why not build an Ercoupe from > > plans, it doesn't look too complicated and the plans > > have to be out there somewhere. I started looking and > > found them easily enough, though not at Univair where I > > had expected. The CAC archives had Ercoupe plans, from > > Engineering Research Co. no less, and it would only > > cost $37.50 to get a copy. I ordered the plans without > > a second though, I would probably have done the same > > even if I didn't plan to use them. So here I am now, > > waiting on the plans, wondering if anyone has tried > > this before, pondering the legal fineries of it all, > > and wondering if it's all entirely sane in the first > > place. > > > > Either way, wish me luck. This looks like the > > beginning of a grand adventure. > > > > Chris Trent > > > ========================================================================== == > == > > To leave this forum go to: <a href="http://mail.trent.net/jump/http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm";>http://er coupers.com/lists.htm</a> > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: <a href="http://mail.trent.net/jump/http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm";>http://er coupers.com/lists.htm</a> ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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