The Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine is a German ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flaeming Air of Zellendorf, Brandenburg. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 50. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 52. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
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 span wing has an area of . The standard engines available are the Rotax 912ULS, Jabiru 3300 and the Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplants.
The FA 04 can be used for aero-towing gliders up to gross weight.
Variants FA 01 Smaragd (Emerald) Initial model for the European FAI microlight class, with a gross weight of . FA 02 Kit aircraft with a gross weight of . FA 04 Peregrine Light-sport model for the US market, with a gross weight of . FA 04 SL Super-light model with an empty weight of , including a ballistic parachute.
Specifications (FA 04 Peregrine)
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