Monocoupe 113
- : United States
- : 1929
- : Velie
- 60
- 32 '
- 98 mph (157 km/hr)
- 1350 lbs (612 kg)
- : Under Restoration
- 19 ' 9"
- : Original
Clayton Folkerts built the original 1927 Monocoupe to the requirements of Don Luscombe. It was the first cabin two-seater to achieve popularity in the U.S. The 113 became a favorite with racing pilots in 1929 and some 350 of these Velie powered Monocoupes were built. The Velie engine was notoriously unreliable. Cole Palen once said he had been told it would swallow a valve in the first 40 hours of operation. He said, “They were wrong–it happened a lot sooner than that.”
Friend of the Aerodrome and Monocoupe guru, Bob Coolbaugh of VA has generously and expertly restored the fuselage and tail feathers for us over the past few years in his free time. Students at Embry Riddle University overhauled the engine. The wing remains to be completed, but it will one day fly again at the Aerodrome.
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