I just bought an ercoupe and I can confirm. This is accurate

@Johnny_5

Жыл бұрын

But was buying it weird?

@dereksflying

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_5 very

@MrWaalkman

Жыл бұрын

Had a chance to buy one in the 80s for $5,000. At 6'5", I wouldn't fit.

@froj.p6364

Ай бұрын

@@MrWaalkman6’3” might get one and cry later

@MrWaalkman

Ай бұрын

@@froj.p6364 I wish you the best of luck! They are such cool little planes! As it so happens, there was one at Ellington (KLUG) just down the road from me. I haven't seen it for a couple of months though.

What is not weird is the comedic delivery of this presentation, which is just perfection.

I’m in a contest to win one of these, and I was hoping you would make a video on it. Thank you!

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Good Luck! 🍀

@wckoek

2 жыл бұрын

The raffle one? Good luck. Wish I am in the states and I can participate.

@emmanuelgeorge

8 ай бұрын

Hey can we get an update? Did you win?

@dallasfluegel

8 ай бұрын

@@emmanuelgeorge Lol. no. That would have been storybook. haha.

It's so easy to fly, you don't even need hands to do it 😉. Great video!

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jessica!

@droge192

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment from an awesome lady!

After owning mine 27 years I can say it’s still cool to be weird. But then I have a Fiero too. 😎

@ussling

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh, I would trade my 2017 Toyota Corolla SE rolling computer with a six-speed manual transmission for a 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT with a five-speed transmission any day.

Back in the 1940s, they issued a unique ad for the Ercoupe in the form of a full-length nonfiction book. It was called "Stick and Rudder". On the surface it looks like a book about flying, but about 60% of it is the author predicting that planes of the future will all be like the Ercoupe.

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Weirder by the minute. Thanks for sharing 👍

@michaelrcolton

2 жыл бұрын

Was that really why it was written? I read it a couple years ago and the author does indeed talk up the Ercoupe a whole lot. He seemed awfully convinced that this was the way to go, but clearly planes now still have rudder pedals and, as the video says, some Ercoupe's had them added. So why was that? What was the author wrong about? In which situations is the Ercoupe's control inferior to having rudder pedals? Thanks!

@JETZcorp

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrcolton That's definitely not why it was written, I was just making a joke. I'd say that WW2 was probably the closest thing to "the reason" that the Ercoupe way of doing things didn't catch on. An enormous amount of new pilots were trained and built hours during the war. All of them trained in very traditional airplanes, and then they flew bombers and fighters which need independent controls in order to do aerobatic maneuvers and survive battle damage. So after the war, everyone is trained to fly traditional airplanes, and wants to buy the closest thing they can get to a "P-51 for the family". So all the planes that come out quickly switch to all-metal construction and more modern styling, but mostly maintain conventional controls. The V-tail Bonanza is probably the point where The Ercoupe Way and these postwar trends came closest together. It's got a funky tail (obviously) and some bungees connecting the yoke to the pedals, but it was also sleek, modern, and metal. The weird "Ercoupish" characteristics weren't very popular, but everything else about the thing defined civil aviation from then after. CFIs are still screaming for more right rudder and low-time pilots are still falling out of the sky left wing first, but at least out planes don't look dorky. Lol Also, it's probably not right to say that the Ercoupe's rudderless flying ways didn't catch on. Starting around the 1970s, jet fighters started pulling some Ercoupe tricks with rudders linked to coordinate with ailerons (in fighters like the F-15 that's even hydro-mechanical, not digital). Airliners have an auto-rudder system that does a decent job of keeping the plane coordinated in normal conditions, leaving the rudders in modern airliners mostly for deliberate non-coordinated maneuvers (eg crosswind transitions, abnormal attitude recovery, etc). All this has led to a couple generations of pilots who, once graduating up to the big leagues, get in the habit of putting their feet flat on the floor and then being totally unprepared to deal with the Carbon Cub they just bought.

@busteraycan

Жыл бұрын

Came to this video because I am in the process of reading "Stick and Rudder". This is pretty accurate. But one thing is still a mystery to me. How are you supposed to land in any form of crosswind without a rudder pedal?

@MemphisBBQ640

Жыл бұрын

@@busteraycan My flying club owns an Ercoupe. In crosswinds, Ercoupes are landed in a crabbed attitude. The airplane touches down in a crab, and the nose immediately snaps around to track straight down the runway. It's a weird sensation, and it takes a little getting used to.

I know a guy who used to own one. He says the worst part of flying the Ercoupe is crosswind landings, because you can't cross-control it. He carried a dinner plate in his; he said when he had to land in a (for example) crosswind from the left, he'd hold the dinner plate out the left side of the plane, face on to the slipstream, to create enough off-center drag to yaw the plane to the left without banking.

@dnwiebe

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthompson3730 I’ve seen Ercoupes in person, but never ridden in or piloted one. If I did fly one, though, I think I’d be wary of putting that kind of side load on the main gear.

@omegacage

2 жыл бұрын

@@dnwiebe between its squat stance and trailing link gear, it takes those side loads quite well. Rated for landing in a crab up to 21.5 knots of crosswind.

@braininavatnow9197

Жыл бұрын

The wheel castor. They knew what they were doing. Not sure what your friends problem was.

To add to the weirdness at one point Mooney bought the Ercoupe and tried to correct the unnecessary rudder but instead ended up with a single backwards tail. Honestly they’re lovely airplanes, fun to fly and with a personality like a goldfish. Can’t help but love them.

I’m quite happy I stumbled across this channel and you’re store. Bought a Piper Cherokee 180 shirt for my father and a Piper 350 shirt for myself (to make him feel inferior of course.) I also just bought a Cessna 177 RG hoodie yesterday. Love the channel and the artwork, keep it up! 👍

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Thanks Very Much!

Honestly, I will never own a plane, but I absolutely love these videos. Keep them coming!

Comment for the algorithm to bless this channel with more subscribers

Those are so cool looking, especially the chrome ones. Saw one a couple of years ago, and wanted to buy it just for its beauty.

There is a pretty neat documentary on Netflix, I think about this plane. Totally impractical, but a neat idea. Fun fact #1 - Sam Walton (Walmart founder) flew his Ercoupe between small towns where his first stores were located (per his biography). Fun fact #2 - most Ercoupes now have rudder pedals as mentioned in the video, but I believe the main reason is for pilot training. If you get your license in this plane, without rudder pedals, then you are only licensed for planes without; very limiting.

@nickjqw

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthompson3730 sorry I should have said "impractical *for me*". Just a very slow plane for any kind of cross country travel. If you are just having fun flying around your local area, it could be great!

@eggmannnnnn

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickjqw Fun Fact #2 is not correct. No special endorsement is needed to fly a plane with rudders. Obviously, you would be very wise to to get training if intending to fly a plane with rudders.

Man these videos are so so good - and really helpful! Keep it up, you're making fantastic content :)

Bought my 46 C model with C-85 stroker a few months ago to continue my lsa training. Has been a great aircraft so far. Gets a lot of attention every time I pull it out of the hangar. Thanks for the video. Pretty accurate as far as costs. Subscribed!

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and good luck with the new plane!

"What would make people love this channel even more? Hmm, an Ercoupe outta do it." Yup, totally did

Oh my gosh I broke out laughing when you said "heck with no Rudder pedals you can even fly with your feet sticking out the window!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

My buddy had one and it was a blast. It was strang to sit in an aircraft with no rudders just a brake peddle. As he said it he drove the plane. The fun part was landing in a crosswind. Nothing like looking out the side window till touchdown. What was cool and neat about his aircraft was the engine cowling was made from old newspaper printing rolls from 1940ish. You count read the news at the time.

Thanks for putting this one together! I've always been fascinated by the Ercoupe. I enjoy your videos!

Nice video!I Nice graphics, very nice (and humorous!) presentation. I kinda mumble the 'Er' so it sounds a little like 'Er', and a little like 'Air'. Plus I disguise my mis-pronunciation with remnants of an English accent, so nobody knows what I'm saying anyway.

Forgot to mention the castoring wheels and that the fuel guage is a bent wire attached to a cork on the nose tank. Got about 400 hours in N3729H in the 70's... they're good safe reliable strong planes.

@Ichibuns

Жыл бұрын

The cork and wire was common for the time period

This channel is my favourite these days! Any chance we can get videos on the Diamond aircraft?

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I have a DA40 NG in the library now. More to come

Great Video on the Ercoupe, and pretty darn accurate with all the specs Thanks

Thanks for doing the Ercoupe. To see one of the best YT channels showing one of these in action, check out James Good’s channel.

I would love to see a new modern version of this airplane, a little bigger with a bit more power. Same easy flying characteristics. One of these with a retractable landing gear would be a beautiful plane to behold in flight!

I will always have a soft spot for the Ercoupe. It was the first plane I ever got to fly in. In 2002 the Chuck Yeager Young Eagles program came to Howell, MI. I I got to ride around for a little under an hour in an Ercoupe. We even flew over my house. It was a very cool experience.

my grandfather gave me a model of an ercoupe when I was a kid and I have been wanting own one for a while now. I am standing in front of one in my pfp. this helped me see I can own one eventually thanks you.

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Certified Fan

Your merch store is really good! I guess I know where I'm going next if I need a shirt! That grumman goose one looks quite appealing 😏

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Its the best selling. I have one myself 🙂

CONGRATULATIONS VERY GOOD INFORMATION!!!

I just wanted to say, your videos are great.

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Man, your vidoes just get funnier after the next :D

Could you please do one about the Diamond DA62? your videos are great keep it up

In France, we have the Morane Saulnier Rallye, which is very very close to this airplane. My first two flights were on this type, and it still my favorite plane I ever flew. Sadly, my aeroclub retired the plane. I then flew few times on PA-28, but I prefered Rallye.

We’ve got one of these at North Little Rock. It has Wiley coyote painted on the tail. Neat little plane

My dad bought a barn find 41' coupe spent a summer with brother and I did a total rebuild of 5000$ Coupe was 1400$. great summer projecy great fun flying. Sorry forgot to say that was 1970.

Eyy, it's back

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Standard fixing typos after it's too late. Sigh...

@sdsorrentino

2 жыл бұрын

@@CompleteWalkaround To be fair, the whole aircraft looks like a typo.

Hilarious! Love this channel.

You clearly know alot about privat aviation. I would love to see a video on the most dirt cheap heap of farmwood ultralight plane you could possibly think off. Not just in therms of purchase price but also in therms of cost to operate. Something that is so small that you can squeeze it into a regular garage. Something that has such a short takeof run that you can take of from a street. A gyrocopter would come to mind for me, but I have no clue so I would love to see you teach me.

Seriously, the idea of hanging my feet out the window while cruising along at 5000ft sounds amazing...

Great videos, was wondering if you could do the Beaver's older forgotten brother the DHC-4 Caribou

Now do the Alon Aircoupe comparison.They are definitely a modern version worth considering.

Yeah, I should be productive in my free time right now, but nah its time for a complete walkaround

I was thinking about buying a Piper Comanche 250 to possibly start a small charter business. Would you be able to make a video on that aircraft? Thanks so much, love the vids!

Ok finally subbed this wacky thing is amazing

Can you do a Piper apache next?? Would be interesting to see

You should do a video on the T28 Trojan or a T6

*Can you please make a video about the Honda jet?*

You should do a video on the Bellanca Super Viking

I have a friend who bought two - one to rebuild and one for the spare parts.

Could you make a video about the Shrike Commander and the Commander 840?

It could be nice a video of Waco YMF-5!

What a strange plane but very interesting. I hope to see a BD4C video

Great job bud. Any chance of doing a Husky A1c?

Could you do a review on the Ikarus C42 Microlight?

Interesting channel as I am looking for info on Ercoupes. Anyway, I wondered if the single rudder versions M10/A2A made by Mooney is more or less desirable than earlier twin rudder ones?

Don't change a thing in how you make these videos! Do you do the animation/graphic design yourself? If so, bravo!

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

I do thanks!

Ahh, the lovely little oddball plane that no-one can agree on how to pronounce! In the UK most tend to pronounce it as the "AIR-coop-ay".

Do one for the Martian Mars that just went up for sale!

The way the rudder / yoke combo works is like a crappy ps2 era flight sim

My dad always liked the looks of this plane

You think you could do a video on the Cessna 337 Skymaster?

I like it 😍

No joke just got back from a flying lesson and saw one of these beauties

My Ercoupe is a 1961 Forney F1 Aircoupe so it's not LSA. It has rudder pedals. I bought mine reasonable

Great videos... request here: PA-34, DA-62

Long EZ is a very different airplane if you do it

I've always liked the Ercoupe, but now I want one... Side note there WERE Ercoupes on floats at one point, but I've never seen one in person.

@omegacage

2 жыл бұрын

And one four seat prototype.

Do a BBJ cost of ownership

If there aren’t any rudder pedals, how do the brakes work?

Do the Antonov AN-2!

When I was a kid, our next-door neighbor (who was a pilot for Allegheny at the time) kept an Ercoupe in the driveway. To us kids, it looked like the ultimate toy. Maybe it did to him as well.

Can you do the p180 Avanti please?

Can anybody tell me if it is possible to make long navigation with an Ercoupe 90hp engine? Thx 🙏

Aviat Husky A1-C or Piper Arrow?

1946 J3 please!!

Have a cover and dave clark head set for sale 150.oo for all

Most have 'gained' pedals?

I wonder why, give the strengths of this design from a cost and user-friendly POV, no one has come out with a modern version of it.

KING AIR

I have always thought these were interesting little airplanes from the first time I saw one in about 1969 or 1970. Make no mistake, these are little airplanes. You don’t realize just how little they are until you see one in person. While I will never fly in one (I am to big and heavy to fit inside it.) I like these planes more and more every time I see one.

How about an air tractor

You had me laugh hard

It's stunning that GA is so broken a QUALITY and RELEVANT video like this can be made about an aircraft approaching 90 years of age. What a disaster.

@UncleKennysPlace

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the cost of certifying new technology is absolutely heinous. Wanna certify a new engine for that 777? Better have 2.5 billion (yeah, with a 'B') USD on hand. New small plane? Can exceed $100 million, if you choose an engine that's already certified. Certifying a new small engine? You'd better have orders for thousands of them, or don't even start.

do you think a hangar is required for this plane or would tie downs also work?

@CompleteWalkaround

Жыл бұрын

Welp, its all metal, basic instruments. It's a good a candidate for a tie down as any I suppose.

@Fynnley525

Жыл бұрын

@@CompleteWalkaround cool, considering trying to get one of these when i get my license but hangar space is like 5x more than tie downs her4e

My broke ass watching these videos sometimes sees stuff that I can actually realistically afford And that makes me feel good I probably won't ever actually be able to get one, but still good

Huh.ok

arm out the window slips

I'm waiting on an AA5 review it'd be interesting to see that breakdown

Ercoupes are there perfect family plane in my opinion

@UncleKennysPlace

2 жыл бұрын

If you have a family of two, and neither is overweight, or in a hurry.

It is very weird. Make a vid about what I can buy with a 10K; airworthy.

I didn't know these were so cheap

Hi, nice videos! Could you make a video about Piper Cub next? It seems pretty affordable :)

so without the rudder pedals, does that mean I can fly with my feet? definitely a plane I'll consider

@CCitis

2 жыл бұрын

It means if you don't have feet you can fly....

@larryhall7998

2 жыл бұрын

look up Jessica Cox

Try the L-65 Seabear! Keep the content coming :)

Looks like a baby B24. The speed,range, and useful load don't look that impressive though

this almost like steve1989mre narrating

pipistrel video please

Is it not pronounced "air coupe"? I've never heard it said but assumed it was said that way since it was a car for the air

@balsumfractus

2 жыл бұрын

The design was produced by Alon in the 1960’s who named it the Aircoupe.....regardless of the spelling, most people do call it the Air Coupe.....

@CompleteWalkaround

2 жыл бұрын

Ercoupe was originally called just ERCO after the company, Engineering and Research Corporation. Later changed to Ercoupe for marketing. Its creator, Fred Erick would correct people who didn't pronounce it Properly "err- coupe".

Never heard of this one before certainly now on my radar as a possibility because of how cheap it is. Certainly different from my dream of an AN-2

Are there brakes on the floor ?

@larryhall7998

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@svenstock2963

2 жыл бұрын

I think they're on the wheels

@JamesGood

2 жыл бұрын

My E model has a foot brake, and a panel mounted 'parking brake'. They both operate the same (single) master cylinder, which brakes both main wheels together. No differential braking, really not needed.