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OK, So I'm spending too much time on Ebay, but check this out! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2412484323&; category=38629> &item=2412484323&category=38629 Ercoupe Wooden Fuselage Design Report Circa 1941 By 1941, U.S. outlook for the availability of aircraft aluminum had worsened, and the Engineering Research Corporation, builders of the Ercoupe, along with other struggling airplane manufacturers had begun looking into the feasibility of laminated wood and wooden shell fuselage and wing construction. We discover that Vidal Research Corporation of New Rochelle, New York filled a niche as a qualified sub-contractor for the types of analyses and fabrications ERC needed for the development of a wooden Ercoupe. Vidal also pursued work for Bell Aircraft for the development of the XP-77, an ultralight fighter somewhat along the lines of the Ercoupe and also to be made of wood. Knowledge of Vidal's contribution to the design of a plywood Ercoupe airplane has probably been lost to the Ercoupe community until now. The item up for bids is an engineering report from the early 1940's done by Vidal for ERC; it has to be one of the few tangibles to survive the period of development of wooden fuselage Ercoupe airplanes by Engineering Research Corporation. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2412484323&; category=38629> &item=2412484323&category=38629 ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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