Ercoupe Takeoffs Are Optional - Flying an LSA Ercoupe 415-C » Buying an Ercoupe http://www.takeoffsareoptional.com Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man.* Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:17:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Pictures of the New Ercoupe’s Cockpit http://www.takeoffsareoptional.com/pictures-of-the-new-ercoupes-cockpit/ http://www.takeoffsareoptional.com/pictures-of-the-new-ercoupes-cockpit/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:52:29 +0000 Bill http://takeoffsareoptional.com/?p=26 OK, the other set of photographs show the outside of the Ercoupe. Now we get to see a little bit of the inside and the controls. After all, the pilot and passenger get to see “this” part of the plane. Other folks get to see the outside. (Click the images for a larger view.)

Ercoupe cabin window closed

The cabin (or cockpit) window is closed in this photo – but the Ercoupe can comfortably be flown with the window open. It gives much the same feeling as riding in a convertible.

Ercoupe interior upholstery

The Ercoupe interior upholstery was redone only a few years ago. It is about the best looking interior we’ve seen in a plane of this age and in this price range.

Ercoupe DAy VFR panel with radios and intercom

The Instrument Panel is strictly DAy VFR with a comm radio, transponder, and intercom. The communications radio has all of the modern channels and the transponder is a Mode C – so we can travel “just about” anywhere. There is also a stereo intercom with PTT switches on each control yoke, and even an iPod input for those long flights. :)

Contact. Lets Go Flying

Contact! Lets Go Flying!

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Let\'s take a look around this Ercoupe

OK, that’s me taking a look in the cockpit. Now we can take a walk around the airplane.

Ercoupe view from the left-front

Note that the cowl is open a bit – we had opened it to view the engine compartment.

Ercoupe Continental 75 HP Engine

Only 75 horses of Continental Engine power are needed to get this aircraft into the sky.

The Ercoupe in profile - from the left side

The Ercoupe in profile – as seen from the left (port) side.

The tail feathers direct the plane up down and left right

The tail feathers direct the plane up down and left right. This part of the aircraft is better known as the empenage, which contains the elevator and the rudders.

Ercoupe long sleek fuselage

The Ercoupe’s long sleek fuselage looks like it goes on forever. yet the aircraft is only about 20 feet long, 30 feet wide and about 6 1/2 feet high.

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More to come as details come together.

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