The Youngster “V” was designed, based on the Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister, with all wood construction and short 350 build time. The cockpit accommodates up to 6’4″ pilots. This airplane offers a four-cycle VW engine and a 2315 airfoil with stainless wires and a bubble canopy. Enjoy an open cockpit on warm summer days and a fully enclosed cockpit for the winter.
First flown in 1994, the V stands for VW and Rotax power is optional.
It was designed to be affordable, but with the high quality you’ve come to know of Fisher Flying Products. The Youngster is gentle on the ground, but allows you to play with it in the air. The Youngster employs all wood construction using a Warner truss frame with 1/8″ birch ply skins in the fuselage. Stringers are placed along the fuselage sides and top turtledeck to form the fabric shaped fuselage.
1997 Youngster V kit price: US$3700. The Rotax powered kit sold for US$3400. Plans were US$200.
By 2004, ten had been sold.
2009 Youngster V kit price: US$8750

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Youngster
Engine: 50 hp Rotax
Wingspan: 18 ft
Length: 15.6 ft
Gross weight: 650 lb
Empty weight: 400 lb
Fuel capacity: 12 Usgals
Cruise speed: 90 mph
Stall speed: 32 mph
Climb rate: 700 fpm
Takeoff run: 200 ft
Landing roll: 250 ft.
Seats: 1

Youngster V
Engine: Great Plains, 50 hp.
HP range: 50-65.
Height: 6.1 ft.
Length: 15.5 ft.
Wing span: 18 ft.
Wing area: 126 sq.ft.
Fuel cap: 6 USG.
Empty Weight: 181 kg / 400 lbs
MTOW Weight: 295 kg / 650 lbs
VNE: 96 kt / 110 mph / 177 kmh
Cruise: 85 mph.
Stall: 34 mph.
ROC: 800 fpm.
Take-off distance: 200 ft / 61 m
Landing distance: 250 ft / 76 m
Seats: 1.
Landing gear: nose wheel.

Engine: 65 hp VW
Velocity-Never Exceed: 110 mph
Cruise Speed: 80-90 mph
Stall Speed: 32-35 mph
Climb Rate: 700 fpm
Takeoff Run: 200 ft
Landing Roll: 250 ft
Wingspan: 18 ft
Wing Area: 126 sq. ft.
Cord: 42in
Wing Loading: 5 lb/sq.ft
Length: 15 ft 6 in
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Tail Span: 84in
Fuselage Width: 24 in
Headroom: 39 in
Gross Weight: 650 lbs.
Empty Weight: 400 lbs.
Construction Time: 500 hrs.

Youngster V
Engine: 1835cc VW 60HP
Span: 18 ft
Length: 15 ft 6 in
Wing Area: 126 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 400 lb
Useful Load: 50 lb
Take Off Distance: 200 ft
Stall: 42 mph
Landing Speed: 45 mph
Cruise: 85 mph
Rate of Climb: 700 fpm
Seats: 1

Engine: 50 hp Rotax 503
Velocity-Never Exceed: 110 mph
Cruise Speed: 80 mph
Stall Speed: 32 mph
Climb Rate: 800 fpm
Takeoff Run: 200 ft
Landing Roll: 250 ft
Wingspan: 18 ft
Wing Area: 126 sq. ft.
Cord: 42in
Wing Loading: 5 lb/sq.ft
Length: 15 ft 6 in
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Tail Span: 84in
Fuselage Width: 24 in
Headroom: 39 in
Gross Weight: 650 lbs.
Empty Weight: 400 lbs.
Construction Time: 500 hrs.

Engine: Rotax 503, 48 hp
Wing span: 5.48 m
Wing area: 11.7 sq.m
MAUW: 272 kg
Empty weight: 163 kg
Max speed: 175 kph
Cruise speed: 138 kph
Fuel consumption: 15 lt/hr
Seats: 1
Kit price (1998): US$3400

Steve Turner & Steve Lamberg developed the R-80 Tiger Moth as an 80% scale de Havilland Tiger Moth. Introduced and first flown in 1994, the original prototype fuselage was made of wood and powered with a Norton rotary engine.
In 2000 the Tiger Moth was introduced with a 4140 steel tube fuselage. The kit cost approximately US$5000 more than the wood version and included a prewelded fuselage, vertical fin, rudder, stabiliser, and elevator. No welding is required by the builder.
In 1997 the basic kit cost US$9300 with the quick build kit US$10,600. The Rotac 582, 618 or Subaru engines were options.
Issues with the fuel consumption and cooling led to a change in 2000 to a LOM M132, 120 hp engine. LOM provided a wood propeller that matched that engine. At that time the engine cost US$12,000 and the propeller US$1800.
The R-80 Tiger Moth is recommended for both first-time and experienced builders and only basic tools are needed in construction. Realistic estimates put construction time at 700 hours. The wood R-80 is straight-forward and strong. Aircraft grade epoxy adhesives are used throughout.

Initially, the airframe was designed by an aeronautical engineer. A design engineer was then brought in to assist during the actual construction and modification stage. The airframe was then tested, by an independent firm that specializes in structural analysis, to a limit of six positive and three negative g’s. At one point in this test, over 6,000 pounds of sandbags were on the R-80’s airframe-and it didn’t break.
By 2001 the standard airframe kit cost US$16,500, and quick build airframe kit cost US$18,500.
2009 kit price: US$15,500

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Engine: Norton AE 100R
Horsepower: 75-100 hp
Engine Weight: 180-200 lb
Wingspan: 23′
Wing Area: 170 sq. ft.
Height: 7’4″
Length: 19′
Gross Weight: 522 kg / 1,150 lb
Empty Weight: 254 kg / 560 lb
Service Ceiling: 10,000
Vne: 96 kt / 110 mph / 177 kmh
Cruise Speed: 78 kt / 90 mph / 145 kmh
Stall Speed: 30 kt / 35 mph / 56 kmh
Climb Rate: 800-1000 fpm
Range (12 USgal fuel tank): 200 mi.
Design Loads: +6 -3g
Cockpit width: 26″
Takeoff Run: 300 ft / 91 m
Landing Roll: 400 ft / 122 m
Seats: 2/Tandem
Landing gear: tail wheel

(2001)
Engine: 120 hp
Wingspan: 23 ft
Wing Area: 170 sq. ft.
Height: 7 ft 4 in
Length: 20 ft
Gross Weight: 1350 lb
Empty Weight: 826 lb
Cruise Speed: 80 mph
Stall Speed: 30 kt / 35 mph / 56 kmh
Climb Rate: 800 fpm
Range: 200 mi.
Takeoff Run: 300 ft / 91 m
Landing Roll: 300 ft / 91 m
Seats: 2/Tandem
Landing gear: tail wheel

Engine: Rotax 912, 80 hp
Wing span: 7.0 m
Wing area: 15.80 sq.m
MAUW: 520 kg
Empty weight: 258 kg
Fuel capacity: 45 lt
Cruise speed: 145 kph
Minimum speed: 56 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Fuel consumption: 16 lt/hr
Seats: 2
Plan price (1998): US$250
Kit price (1998): US$8850

First flown in 1989, the normal takeoff will vary with your choice of engine, but the prototype with 65 horsepower gets off the ground in 300 feet. The latest factory demo gets off the ground in about 250 feet using a C-90-100 horsepower.

The Celebrity is a biplane of wood construction with an optional steel fuselage, tandem seating (solo from the rear), fabric covered, light aircraft designed to be built in the experimental category. The Celebrity is designed for the first-time builder.

Thirty had been sold by 2004 and the 2009 price was US$12,650.

Engine: Continental O-200, 100 hp.
HP range: 65-125.
Height: 5.95 ft.
Length: 17 ft 6 in
Wing span: 22 ft.
Wing area: 176 sq.ft.
Wing Gap: 38in
Aileron Area: 20 sq. ft.
Tail Span: 7ft
Fuel cap: 13 USG.
Weight empty: 272 kg / 600 lbs.
Gross: 1,230 lbs lbs.
VNE: 104 kt / 120 mph / 193 kmh
Speed max: 95 mph.
Cruise: 74 kt / 85 mph / 137 kmh
Range: 200 sm.
Stall: 35 kt / 40 mph / 64 kmh
ROC: 800-900 fpm
Take-off dist: 300 ft.
Landing dist: 350 ft.
Seats: 2/Tandem dual controls.
Landing gear: tail wheel.
Take-off distance: 300 ft / 91 m
Landing distance: 300 ft / 91 m
Design Loads: +4 -2.5g
Field Assembly Time: 30 min