Classic Ercoupe-downloadable from Fiddlers Green...

Arguably one of the most overlooked private plane in history. It first flew in 1938 and was built again after WWII. The brilliant engineering that went into this plane made it safe and easy to to fly but still it was a marketing failure.

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Purchase Information $2.95 This model comes in TWO sizes Back to Light Aircraft

What people say... Say, I believe the original "flying milk stool" wasn't a Piper. Some folks may have referred to the Tripacer as such due to Photo right by Wayne White, This model is best when printed on silver inkjet paper JOE AND BETH BARKER have been making metal planes(using guess what??) . Here's a photo of their Ercoupe and repair kit tools. Thanks guys! the tricycle landing gear but it wasn't the first plane to bear that nickname. I'm trying to remember the name but it was a low wing 2 place all metal plane with a bubble cockpit and rudders out on the end of the horizontal stab and the ailerons were linked to the rudder. The combination of the unusual rudder arrangement, the linked controls, and a tricycle gear gave it the nick name the flying milkstool. I finished a 'do' of your Ercoupe, from way back in the Mudget/Fynn days--in Red River Silver, of course. Don't know if you are aware, but there is a serious discrepancy between the upper and lower wings parts. At 1/40 the lower wing is about 3/16 shorter than the upper if you line up the landing lights. You may want to check this out--or not, in your present turmoil. There is, of course, the matter of the pretty crude nose, but if you ever redo the whole plane I'm sure this will be taken care of. John