Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules, with different models for each category. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear, or optionally conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from composites, with its fuselage, wing spars, flaps and rudder made from carbon fibre. Its 10.05 m (33.0 ft) span wing has an area of 9.27 m² (99.8 sq ft). The standard engines available are the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 and the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplants.

The FA 04 can be used for aero-towing gliders up to 750 kg (1,653 lb) gross weight.

Variants

FA 01 Smaragd (English: Emerald)

Initial model for the European FAI microlight class, with a gross weight of 472.5 kg (1,042 lb).

FA 02

Kit aircraft with a gross weight of 650 kg (1,433 lb).

FA 04 Peregrine

Light-sport model for the US market, with a gross weight of 600 kg (1,323 lb).

FA 04 SL

Super-light model with an empty weight of 270 kg (595 lb), including a ballistic parachute.

Specifications (FA 04 Peregrine)

Data from Bayerl and Flaeming Air

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: one passenger

Length: 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)

Wingspan: 9.27 m (30 ft 5 in)

Wing area: 10.05 m² (108.2 sq ft)

Empty weight: 278 kg (613 lb)

Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)

Fuel capacity: 120 litres (26 imp gal; 32 US gal)

Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 230 km/h (143 mph; 124 kn)

Cruising speed: 220 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn)

Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn)

Never exceed speed: 270 km/h (168 mph; 146 kn)

Range: 1,148 km; 713 mi (620 nmi)

Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)