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The Kolb Firefly is an American open cockpit, single seat, high wing, pusher configuration, conventional landing gear-equipped ultralight aircraft that is produced in kit form by New Kolb Aircraft of London, Kentucky and intended for amateur construction. The aircraft was designed in 1995.
Data from Kitplanes, Cliche and Purdy General characteristics Crew: one Length: 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m) Wingspan: 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Wing area: 143 sq ft (13.3 m 2) Empty weight: 254 lb (115 kg) Gross weight: 550 lb (249 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 277 single cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 28 hp (21 kW) Performance Maximum ...
Data from Kitplanes and Bethea General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m) Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Wing area: 156 sq ft (14.5 m 2) Empty weight: 496 lb (225 kg) Gross weight: 1,000 lb (454 kg) Fuel capacity: 10 US gallons (38 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 582 twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 64 hp (48 kW ...
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The aircraft was ahead of its time and so Kolb waited until the ultralight aircraft boom of 1980 to incorporate his company, The Kolb Aircraft Company. Initially located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania the company marketed a wide range of kit aircraft and achieved considerable commercial success, delivering over 3000 aircraft.
The Flyer was a very early ultralight design that first flew in 1970. The first aircraft designed by Homer Kolb, it was ahead of its time and was not produced commercially until 1980, when the ultralight boom hit North America. [1] [2] The Flyer is a very light and simple aircraft with a standard empty weight of only 185 lb (84 kg).
Unusually for this period in aircraft history when most ultralights had two-axis control, the Ultrastar has standard three-axis controls, including full span ailerons. [ 1 ] When the original Flyer was designed there were no suitable lightweight engines available, so the Flyer first fitted two Chrysler powerplants and later two 11.5 hp (9 kW ...
Data from Kitplanes, Cliche and Purdy General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m 2) Empty weight: 450 lb (204 kg) Gross weight: 1,000 lb (454 kg) Fuel capacity: 10 US gallons (38 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 582 twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 64 hp (48 kW ...