Ercoupe Flying 3 - Taxi, Takeoff, Slow Flying, Stall, Touch & Go

Learning to fly the Ercoupe with Captain Will

[@lynnkramer1211]

I want to give you another upvote! I come back to this video over and over again.

[@travellintravis6373]

That's awesome, thank you so much Lynn!! That means a lot, was hoping these could be helpful in addition to the fun of it. Cheers to learning together!

[@lesterweinheimer665]

I was 12 when I got my license in one of these in 1963. The entire 35 hour FAA approved course was $550. The tell numbers of the two are cubes the flying school on where 1925fox and 1915 fox. My favorite airplane I ever flew and I've flown many in over 61 years.! Great plains to learn to fly in. It cost me $6.60 an hour plus 9.60 with a great instructor Bill Nichols. It was around $200 for ground school and that made the total $550. I paid for it by the hour with a paper route.

[@joshuamathis4179]

I love Ercoupes and watching this video i realize that i have actually washed this airplane before! Great video!

[@travellintravis6373]

Thank you! Small world lol, and I'm related to a Mathis family in that area. Thank you for the care you've provided to the old girl!

[@joshuamathis4179]

@@travellintravis6373 It was love at first sight when i saw it. A pleasure to help care for her, keep flying man! I'm sure I'll end up over that way at some point. See you then.

[@donshields4470]

Your ercoupe is terriffic! You are one of the most favored because of having that plane! Thick wing with healthy dihedral and that most classic twin rudder look! TOO COOL! I am sooo proud of you...if you taxied up I would hug that little plane!

[@travellintravis6373]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that and totally agree, that old bird gets a lot of attention lol. Means a lot to me too, this one was my dad's along with a fun story, brings back childhood memories and all. Thanks again, and whenever that day comes this little plane will appreciate that hug!

[@goldmund22]

Dude I just learned a bit about these planes - looks awesome. Keep up with the videos!

[@travellintravis6373]

Thank you, will do!! Having a blast but need to get back up there some more. Yeah they do have a fun history. So simple yet so well engineered!

[@larrynelson5457]

rudder pedals? Great video.

[@joewilliams4142]

I also own one. Great airplane. And they are all different,,,,but fly the same.

[@travellintravis6373]

That's awesome, they seem rare until running into folks like yourself. I've only been in the one, that's actually very interesting to hear. But have noticed instruments always seem set up differently in videos.

[@joewilliams4142]

Not a cult….but truly a family.

[@lynnkramer1211]

I started my training in my own Ercoupe in May 2022 and I am working toward a Light Sport license. I am always curious to study the flight instruments on various Ercpipes. They are all different from each other. Good luck, maybe I'd see you at a fly-in sometime.

[@travellintravis6373]

So true, it's definitely surprised me to see how different they each seem to be. This one could use a few upgrades lol. Hope that training goes very well, and looking forward to that!

[@YaceYoung]

Mine all bounce all over the place 😂😂😂😂

[@chicagorandy]

Thank the gods at 4:55 someone knew to hold the smartphone horizontal when filming NOT vertical. lol Quite distracting otherwise.

[@travellintravis6373]

Yeah lol thanks for hanging in there. I'll do the whole go pro thing eventually, just some initial shots right now..

[@chicagorandy]

@@travellintravis6373 A wonderful airplane - sadly all MY Ercoupe-ing is in Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 - lol

[@travellintravis6373]

Well I'm with you, love that simulator! That's where most of my miles are by far lol. That Ercoupe model in the sim drives me a little nuts though, the landing needs fixing. Thing keeps gliding and doesn't want to come down. Hope they fix it soon because it's a beautiful model beyond that.

[@donshields4470]

Very fun video! Please consider using full screen and not split and blur. Many thanks...nice coupe!

[@travellintravis6373]

Thank you!! Will do, and I appreciate the feedback. And I appreciate you hanging in there, agreed that split screen and blur is definitely not ideal.

[@jnick1909]

Nice plane! Camera view is annoying tho 😅.

[@clarencemd8509]

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[@josephlambe2796]

This guy needs to back off and let the student experience the ercoupe