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ERCO 415 Ercoupe

by Kazunori Ito

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1.Description of this aircraft
2.Specification
3.About the installation
4.About the operations
5.About free software
6.About the directions point in FS2004 and FSX

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This is the first small civilian plane that I made.
Originally, I don't like this kind of aircraft.
Slow.....Dullness.......can not landing (because no flaps). ..etc...etc...
However, I liked this aircraft though it did not understand of why.
Is the shape of the tail a reason?
I don't understand................................

By the way,
This kind of aircraft has an embarrassed problem.
Customizing is an excess problem.
Though this model has the type from A to D
Which is the feature of the model?
Or, whether it is remodeling by the owner is not understood.
The gauge arrangement of the panel is the typical example.
Therefore, please think that Ercoupe that I made this time is the one not belonging to any type.

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The Erco 415 Ercoupe was designed by several engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in response to a Bureau of Air Commerce design competition during the mid 1930s for an easy-to-fly, safe airplane.
The Engineering and Reseach Company (ERCO) was founded to develop the design.

The 415 utilized a two-control system with a control wheel linking the rudder, ailerons and nose wheel.
The wheel also controlled the elevator.
This arrangement eliminated the need for rudder pedals.

The first production Ercoupe was manufactured in 1939.
Several companies built nearly 6,000 Ercoupes or their variants over a period of almost 30 years.
In 1941, the U.S. Army evaluated the Ercoupe under the designation YO-55 for observation and target drone roles.

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2. [ Specification ]

Length: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wing area: 142.6 sqft (13.25 sqm)

Empty weight: 749 lb (339 kg)
Useful load: 511 lb (233 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 1,260 lb (572 kg)

Powerplant: 1~ flat-4 engine, 75 hp () at 2,300 rpm

Never exceed speed: 125 knots (144 mph, 232 km/h)
Maximum speed: 96 knots (110 mph, 177 km/h)
Cruise speed: 83 knots (95 mph, 153 km/h)
Stall speed: 42 knots (48 mph, 77 km/h)
Range: 261 NM (300 mi, 482 km)
Service ceiling 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.79 m/s)
Wing loading: 8.83 lb/ft2 (43.17 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.13 hp/lb (210 W/kg)

Crew: 1
Capacity: 1 passenger

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3. [ About the installation ]

The airframe must copy the \ERCO415 Ercoupe folder as it is in the Aircraft folder of FS2002 or FS2004.

\FS2002(FS2004)
-----\Aircraft
---------\ERCO415 Ercoupe

Please copy all files in the \gauges folder onto the gauge in the Gauges folder of FS2002 or FS2004.
A general gauge is saved for the gauge bundled this time.
The gauges of Beech_Baron and Kingair, GPS are not bundled.
Please setup it by yourself.

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4. [ About the operations ]

Shift+"E" = Canopy Open/Shut

A special key operation is not used for this model.

For this aircraft, The Flaps and airbrake are not equipped.
Please land carefully after slows down enough.

Take off, fling, landing, taxing...............
This model has operation completely normally in my FS.
Therefore, if this doesn't operate in your FS, please don't send me the complaint.
Because I cannot clarify the cause.............


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5. [ About free software ]

All aircraft that I made are free software.
The reprint and the repaint may go freely.
However, please defend the following conditions.

1.The change in contents of this file is prohibited.
(Please distribute it like the Zip file of the current state when distributing it. )
2.Please neither reverse-assembly nor never remodel(convert) it of the aircraft model.
3.Please don't bundle my airframe(MDL file) in the package of your works when you open the repaint to the public.
(Please open only the texture to the public. )
4.Don't use DXT format for making texture.
Please make it by the format that everyone can change.
It is necessary to be able to read and change with usual drawing software.
5.It is prohibited to bundle and to open a new panel to the public to my aircraft model.
(Please open only the panel to the public.
It is included in this file, and remodeling the panel that uses the panel background and the change in the panel background are prohibited. )
6.I maintain the copyright of the aircraft model and the panel background.
7.The copyright of the gauge belongs to the author.

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6. [ About the directions point in FS2004 and FSX]

This aircraft model is made by using FSDS Ver2.24.
Therefore, it is possible to play basically in FS2004(FS9) and FSX(FS10).
However........!!
In FS2004.
For a wide large-scale aircraft, the distortion is caused and the phenomenon of the aerofoil tip's disappearing happens in the spot shooting mode.
If this phenomenon happens, Please switch to the spot shooting mode by using other small aircraft.
Afterwards, if this aircraft is selected, it is normally displayed.

And........
In FSX.
Because gauges do not correspond to FSX, the gauges in the cockpit are not displayed.
Please you looks for a suitable gauges and setup Panel.cfg by yourself.
Sorry...............

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Please Notice

I like military aircrafts. Especially, fighter!!
But, It is because the shape is unique and the manoeuverability is good.
I like aircraft that can freely fly in the big sky.
However............I hate war and combatting.
When I thinks the airframe that I made launches the bullet and the missile, I become scary.
Therefore, I'm prohibiting convert of my airframe for CFS.
If it is possible, I am wishing my airframe not to be used in CFS.
Though you might be said "Because it's simulation world"..........
Please..........Please.......

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Please give mail to the following mail address when there is a recommendation of making the opinion and the thing that doesn't come.

KazuIto0926@aol.com

2008/09/05
Fukuoka, Japan
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