----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Once you get your liscense you dont need any checkout to fly an Ercoupe. According to the FAR's that is. However, it is smart to go up with at least a pilot who knows his coupes. It took me about 3 or so hours to get completley used to the feeling of the Ercoupe. Since you would be a relativly new pilot, your insurance company might have some other restrictions. Such as getting 10 hour in an Ercoupe before you carry passengers or getting 5 hours with a CFI and so on. It might be a little hard to find a CFI with "good" Ercoupe knowledge. So if you cant, my advice would be to find a teachable CFI and have a fellow Ercoupe pilot teach him or her how to fly an Ercoupe and then have the CFI teach you. However that is only if your insurance company makes you have a CFI. Make the case to them that Ercoupe CFI's are kind of hard to find. As for the type of Ercoupe, I would try and find one with an O-200. On a summer day, at 210 with a passengar you will struggle a little. But the O-200 will make it a lot more comfortable. Good luck with your training
Scott
N94428 '50 G
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