I don't own an Ercoupe, but I will soon start looking for one. The wing corrosion problem bothers me. Does Skyport or Univair sell wing kits for Ercoupes? Is the corrosion usually just in the spars or all of the wing structure? This is the major reason I want to buy a project 'coupe instead of one that is flying. I want to see and touch any part that might be a problem. I regret that no one sells an Ercoupe kit.
Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: V. Childs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Reversing Metalized Wing STC > Syd, I couldn't agree more. When the ad can out I had (5) Ercoupes for the flight > team. ( 2) Alons and (3) 415 CD. All had metal wings We did the AD. They were > all fine. The Alons had had the zinc green stuff on the caps from the factory. We > took the wings off to do the older 415 and looked real good, drilled the holes. > They were real shiny inside like new, alittle real light corrosion on the bottm > caps but no big deal. One plane I sold and the wings had some hail damage so the > new owner was going to recover them with cloth. When he had the metal skin off he > found the spar caps were real bad. We then took some the metal skin on the other > ones off and they were ALL bad. One plane the caps looked real good after we took > skin off and I didn't think they needed to be replace, but the man who bought it > wanted to play it safe and put on new caps. When he took the old caps off the spar > than you could see they were ROTTEN from the inside. I think if your coupe had the > metal wings put on in the late 50's or 60's there ALL bad. I know it tought but > start saving your money and put new spars in your planes as soon as you CAN!!! > gene >
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