The mechanic where I am taking lessons suggested that I drop the ercoupe off of my list of potential planes to buy. He said that it tends to use a lot of runway with two people in it. I don't know what engine he was using as a frame of reference. How much runway do you use up with say 450 pounds of humans on board and a reasonable fuel load? How are ercoupes on grass? I would assume that they do fairly well due to the age of the design and what the normal runways were back then. Is the ercoupe a good hoice to build time in for a new pilot?
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