[RP TownTalk] ERCO

[Jeffrey Yorke]

Jonathan,

Thanks for the good information. And thanks for the Jessica Cox piece--
amazing story.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:

> All –****
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> As an active pilot who has landed at the College Park airport I wanted to
> add in some of the interesting tidbits about the Ercoupe (the actual plane
> made by ERCO).****
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> It was designed to have an inability to be held in a spin and had a fully
> linked rudder with ailerons which vastly simplified controlling the
> airplane.  Airplanes have rudder pedals that typically control the vertical
> stabilizer on the tail.  This is used to control the yaw in the vertical
> axis – i.e. controls the horizontal direction the nose is pointing.  The
> yoke (the airplane’s ‘steering wheel’ in the cockpit) controls the ailerons
> which are the hinged pieces attached to the trailing edge of a plane’s wing
> that control the roll (used to turn the plane left or right).  The Ercoupe
> did not have rudder pedals, just the yoke thus allowing the pilot just turn
> the plane and not worry about applying the correct amount of compensating
> rudder.****
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> Fred Weick was the original designer of the plane and the original
> inspiration was to base it off the Stout Skycar to produce a safe, reliable
> plane that was easy to fly.  The Ercoupe was marketed in very
> unconventional ways including the Men’s department at Macys.  Fred went on
> in his career to design one of the most popular entry-level (and what I
> completed my license in) planes, a Piper Cherokee.****
>
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> Ercoupes are still making history today.  In 2008, Jessica Cox became the
> first person without arms to ever earn a pilot’s certificate.  The
> rudderless Ercoupe was the only plane capable of this:****
>
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> http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/10/20/7-questions-to-a-refreshing-pilot-jessica-cox/
> ****
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3681441/Woman-born-with-no-arms-becomes-first-pilot-to-fly-plane-using-only-feet.html
> ****
>
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> http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/meet-worlds-first-armless-pilot-jessica-cox/story-e6frev00-1111118266349
> ****
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>
> Jonathan****
>
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Jeffrey Yorke
Yorke Property Management, Inc.
Yorke Partners
Jeffrey at YorkeRents.com
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