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Fournier RF 47

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Top speed
  
270 km/h

Length
  
6.25 m

Manufacturer
  
Avions Fournier

Wingspan
  
10 m

First flight
  
April 9, 1993

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The Fournier RF-47 is a 1990s French two-seat light aircraft designed and built by Avions Fournier. First flown 9 April 1993, it is a low-wing tricycle landing gear monoplane. The prototype was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Sauer modified Volkswagen air-cooled engine but it was intended that production aircraft would be fitted with a 90 hp (67 kW) Limbach L2400 engine with the Sauer engine as an option. The RF-47 has an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side configuration seating for two under a single piece canopy, the canopy hinges at the rear.

Specifications (utility)

Data from Lambert 1994, p. 93

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.00 m (32 ft 9¼ in)
  • Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 10¼ in)
  • Wing area: 10.60 m2 (114.1 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 380 kg (838 lb)
  • Gross weight: 600 kg (1323 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Limbach L2400, 67 kW (90 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 270 km/h (167 mph)
  • Cruising speed: 190 km/h (118 mph)
  • Stall speed: 72 km/h (45 mph)
  • Service ceiling: 4000 m (13125 ft)
  • G limits: +4.4 / -2.2

    • References

    Fournier RF-47 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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