Dsegal

I sometimes wonder if the people who write advertising copy actually know a prop-nut from a tailskid. I don't know whether to laugh or sneer at the ad for the BalsaUSA kit of the Ercoupe which labels it: "The Twin-Tailed Tiger." This for an aircraft which was designed essentially as a plane with training wheels! (G)

pettit

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If I am not mistaken, the term "Twin Tailed Tiger" actually comes from original Engineering Research Company (ERCO, who manufactured the Ercoupe) sales literature from the 1940's.

Stickbuilder

Didn't Forney (successor to ERCO) continue to call the Ercoupe that too?

BasinBum

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Dick,
Please don't confuse us with things like "facts".

Dsegal

> If I am not mistaken, the term "Twin Tailed Tiger" actually comes from original Engineering Research Company (ERCO, who manufactured the Ercoupe) sales literature from the 1940's <

That is amazing. It is just completely inappropriate to call a "Tiger" a plane designed to be as dangerous as a marshmallow. The ad I found on a web search proclaimed: "The World's Safest Plane".

FOD MAN

So you see the add did work , it got your attention. silly or not.

red head

The sillier the add the more attention it gets, the more attention it gets the more profit it makes --- mission accomplished !!!!
ENJOY !!! RED