The Eurofly Fire Fox (sometimes Firefox) is an Italian ultralight aircraft designed and produced by Eurofly srl of Galliera Veneta. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 150. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The Fire Fox features a strut-braced

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, a two-seats-in-

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enclosed cockpit, fixed

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with

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and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft is made from a combination of ALS 500 steel tubing and 6082 aluminium alloy tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in

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sailcloth. Its span wing lacks flaps and has a wing area of . Each wing is supported by two parallel struts with jury struts. The standard engine used is the

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two-stroke powerplant. The Fire Fox has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is .

Variants

;Fire Fox :Base model ;Fire Fox 2000 :Fully equipped variant including electric flaps.

Specifications (Fire Fox)

References

External links

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Eurofly Fire Fox photo
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