Fly Air Swallow

Swallow
Role Ultralight trike
National origin Bulgaria
Manufacturer Fly Air Co.
Introduction 2007
Status Production completed
Unit cost
€6,840 (excluding wing, 2011)

The Fly Air Swallow is a Bulgarian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Fly Air Co. of Pravets. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]

Introduced for sale in 2007,[1] by 2013 the company's website had been removed from the internet and it is presumed that the aircraft is out of production.

Design and development

The Swallow was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). The aircraft is a "cozy" two seater, with the occupants both sitting very close together.[1]

The Swallow features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]

The aircraft carriage structure is made from welded stainless steel tubing, with its single surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10.4 m (34.1 ft) span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503, with the liquid-cooled 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine optional. Main landing gear suspension is provided. The aircraft has an empty weight of 131 kg (289 lb) and full fuel capacity of 25 litres (5.5 imp gal; 6.6 US gal).[1]

The standard wings offered with the basic carriage were the La Mouette Ipsos series, in wing areas of 12, 14, 16 and 16.9.[1]

Specifications (Swallow with La Mouette Ipsos 16 wing)

Data from Bayerl[1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 212. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X