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The design goal was to provide ultralight pilots with an aircraft that looked like and flew like the classic Piper Cub, without the regulation that goes with owning a type certified aircraft. The FP-202 can achieve an empty weight of 250 lb (113 kg) when equipped with a lightweight, two-stroke engine, such as the 28 hp (21 kW) Rotax 277. [3] [5 ...
Fisher Flying Products is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer that produces kits for a wide line of light aircraft. The company's kits all feature wooden construction with aircraft fabric covering. Many of the designs are reproductions of classic aircraft, such as the company's 80% Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth that is based upon the de Havilland Tiger ...
The MZ 202 was developed first as a 60 hp (45 kW) lightweight competitor to the liquid-cooled 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582.Later the MZ 201 was developed from the MZ 202 as a de-rated 45 hp (34 kW) version intended for motorgliders and single place ultralights that needed more power than the single-cylinder Zanzottera MZ 34.
[3] [5] [6] The wings are the same design as the Fisher FP-202 Koala with modified wingtips. [7] The construction of the FP-606 is of wood, with the fuselage built from wood strips arranged in a geodesic form, resulting in a very strong and light aircraft with redundant load paths. The wings, tail and fuselage are covered with doped aircraft ...
The Super Koala was designed by Fisher Aircraft in the United States and was first flown in 1983. It has two seats in side-by-side configuration. With its 400 lb (181 kg) empty weight and 830 lb (376 kg) maximum gross weight, the Super Koala was intended for the US homebuilt aircraft category. [3] [5] [6]
Data from Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 1982–83 General characteristics Crew: one Length: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Wingspan: 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Empty weight: 240 lb (109 kg) Gross weight: 420 lb (191 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Zenoah two-stroke engine, 30 hp (22 kW) Performance Cruise speed: 45 mph (72 km/h, 39 kn) See also Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era ...
It was intended to meet the requirements of the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category, including that category's maximum 254 lb (115 kg) empty weight. The company name was later changed to Fisher Flying Products and production continued under that company name until the FP-101 was supplanted in production by the Fisher FP-202 Koala. [1]
The historic FP-202 Koala SINGLE-seater, and the rare Super Koala TWO-seater, are two VERY different aircraft -- in size/scale, performance, power requirements and legal operating requirements (the FP-202 was designed as an ultralight aircraft, within the legal limits of FAR Part 103, and thus flyable without a license; not so the Super Koala ...