First flown in 1982, 200 were sold by 2004. A low wing, single seat ultralight designed to be as portable as possible, the 303’s wings are easily folded back to rest on the cantilevered horizontal stabilizer. Field assembly time is less than 10 minutes. Take-off roll is 100 feet, with a climb rate of 800 feet per minute. In the 303, visibility is always good. The cockpit is situated slightly forward of the wing’s leading edge, giving a clear view of what’s above, around and below. The FP-303 has a centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, and tailwheel steerable through rudder pedals. In 1997 the plans cost US$195.
First flown in 1981, for those who like to work with wood, Fisher Flying Products of Ohio market the FP202 Koala kitset Cub replica, a design which utilises the geodetic construction method. Centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, tailwheel steerable through rudder pedals. Detachable wings. An aluminum strut braced main spar carrythrough, a ground adjustable horizontal stabilizer, 14-inch pneumatic tires with rubber shock cord, and removable cockpit panels for summer flight.
In 1984 the Fisher Koala kit was priced at $4750 with a 40 hp engine.
By 2004, 325 had been sold.
FP-202 Engine; 2 Cycle, 1 Cyl, 28 HP Prop Diameter/Pitch; 60″/28″ Reduction Ratio; 2.58-to-1 Wingspan; 29’10” Length; 17’9″ Height; 5’5″ Wing Area; 120 sq. ft. Fuel Capacity; 5 gal./2 gph Gross Weight; 500 lbs. Empty Weight; 250 lbs. Useful Load; 250 lbs. Wing Loading; 4.17 psf Power Loading; 13 lb/hp Design Load Factors; +4 -2.5g Construction Time; 500 hrs. Field Assembly Time; 15 min. Velocity-Never Exceed; 75 mph Top Level Speed; 60 mph Cruise Speed; 55mph @ 65% power Stall Speed; 26 mph Sea Level Climb Rate; 900 fpm @ 40 mph Takeoff Run; 95′ Landing Roll; 125′ Range at Cruise; 135 mi L/D (Glide Ratio); 9-to-1 @ 40 mph
FP-202 Koala Engine: Rotax 277, 28 hp. Static thrust: 200 lbs. Speed max: 62 mph. Cruise: 57 mph. Height: 5.8 ft. Length: 17.9 ft. Wing span: 29.9 ft. Wing area: 120 sq.ft. Wing loading: 4.16 lbs/sq.ft Power loading: 17.85 lbs/hp Fuel cap: 5 USG. Weight empty: 245 lbs. Gross: 500 lbs. Vne: 75 mph Range: 180 sm. Stall: 26 mph. ROC: 750 fpm. Take-off dist: 150 ft. Landing dist: 150 ft. Design limits: +4, -2.5g. Glide ratio: 9-1. Service ceiling: 13,000 ft. Seats: 1. Landing gear: tail wheel.
Engine: Rotax 277, 25 hp Wing span: 9.10 m Wing area: 10.5 sq.m MAUW: 226 kg Empty weight: 110 kg Fuel capacity: 19 lt Max speed: 97 kph Cruise speed: 75 kph Minimum speed: 40 kph Climb rate: 3.5 m/s Certification: Vz Seats: 1 Fuel consumption: 7 lt/hr Plan price (1998): US$250 Kit price (1998): US$5922
Single seat single engined high wing mono¬plane with conventional three axis control. Wing has unswept leading and trailing edges, and constant chord; conventional tail. Pitch control by elevator on tail; yaw control by fin mounted rudder; roll control by half span ailerons; control inputs through stick for pitch/roll and pedals for yaw. Wing braced from below by struts; wing profile; double surface. Undercarriage has three wheels in tail dragger formation; steel spring suspension on tailwheel and bungee suspen¬sion on main wheels. Push right go right nosewheel steering connected to yaw control. Wood/fabric fuselage; enclosure. Engine mounted below wing driving tractor propeller. All wood geodetic construction with aluminium tube struts and landing gear, steel tubing engine mount and glass fibre cowling. Covered with aircraft heat shrink cloth. Shown publicly for the first time at Oshkosh in 1982, the FP 101 is radically different from the other Mike Fisher products. Mike Fisher offered four permutations of the FP 101: two engines (Zenoah G25B with 22 hp or Kawasaki TA440A with 40 hp) and two wing spans (35ft, 10.67m or 29ft, 8.84 m).
Unlike the Barnstormer and the Boomer¬ang from the same company, this machine is not available as plans, but only as a kit, which can be purchased in three ways. First, the FP 101 can come as four part kits: wings, fuselage and hardware at $750 each and either a Zenoah power pack for $1398 or a Kawasaki power pack for $1850. Alternatively the airframe kits can be together for $2150 (short span) or $2350 (long span), with power packs as before. Finally the kit can be purchased complete with Zenoah for $3350 (short span) or $3550 (long span), equivalent figures for the Kawasaki variant being $3798 and $3998 in 1982.
Engine: Zenoah G25B, 22 hp at 6500 rpm. Propeller diameter and pitch 50 x 24 inch, 1.27 x 0.60 m. V belt reduction, ratio 2.0/1. Power unit area 0.16 hp/sq.ft, 1.7 hp/sq.m. Fuel capacity 5.0 US gal, 4.2 Imp gal, 18.9 litre. Length overall 16.5ft, 5.03m. Wing span 34.8 ft, 10.62 m. Chord at root 4.0 ft, 1.22 m. Sweepback 0 degs. Total wing area 140 sq.ft, 13.0 sq.m. Wing aspect ratio 8.7/1. Main wheels diameter overall 14 inch, 35 cm. Empty weight 210 lb, 95 kg. Max take off weight 500 lb, 227kg. Payload 290 lb, 132kg. Max wing loading 3.57 lb/sq.ft, 17.4 kg/sq.m. Max power loading 22.7 lb/hp, 10.3 kg/hp. Max level speed 55 mph, 88 kph. Never exceed speed 70 mph, 113 kph. Max cruising speed 55 mph, 88 kph. Economic cruising speed 40 mph, 64 kph. Stalling speed 15 mph, 24 kph. Max climb rate at sea level 450 ft/min, 2.3 m/s. Take off distance 100 ft, 30 m. Landing dis¬tance 150 ft, 45m.
Engine: Kawa¬saki TA440A, 40 hp at 6000 rpm. Propeller diameter and pitch 54 x 27 inch, 1.37 x 0.69 m. V belt reduction, ratio 2.4/1. Max static thrust 230 lb, (104) kg. Power unit area 0.29 hp/sq.ft, 3.1 hp/sq.m. Fuel capacity 5.0 US gal, 4.2 Imp gal, 18.9 litre. Length overall 16.5ft, 5.03m. Wing span 34.8 ft, 10.62 m. Chord at root 4.0 ft, 1.22 m. Sweepback 0 deg. Total wing area 140 sq.ft, 13.0 sq.m. Wing aspect ratio 8.7/1. Main wheels diameter overall 14 inch, 35 cm. Empty weight 250 lb, 113 kg. Max take off weight 500 lb, 227kg. Payload 250 lb, 113kg. Max wing loading 3.57 lb/sq.ft, 17.4 kg/sq.m. Max power loading 12.5 lb/ hp, 5.7 kg/hp. Max level speed 55 mph, 88 kph. Never exceed speed 70 mph, 113 kph. Max cruising speed 55 mph, 88 kph. Economic cruising speed 45 mph, 72 kph. Stalling speed 22 mph, 35 kph. Max climb rate at sea level 850 ft/min, 4.3 m/s. Best glide ratio with power off 10/1. Take off distance 75 ft, 23 m. Range at aver¬age cruising speed 125 mile, 200 km.
Wingspan; 29ft, 8.84 m Length 13 ft 10 in Empty weight 250 lbs. Gross weight 500 lbs Cruise speed 55 mph. Stall speeds 24 mph. Takeoff/landing roll 100ft. Climb rate 850 fpm. Fuel capacity 5 USG.
Single seat single engined high wing mono¬plane with conventional three axis control, first flown in 1982. Wing has unswept leading and trailing edges, and constant chord; cruciform tail. Pitch control by elevator on tail; yaw control by fin mounted rudder. Control inputs through stick for pitch/roll and pedals for yaw. Wing braced from below by struts; wing profile; double surface. Undercarriage has tall dragger formation and rigid suspension with 20-inch main wheels. Aluminium tube framework, without pod. Engine mounted below wing driving tractor propeller. Frame: 6061T6 and 2024T3 aluminium. Wing: 2.7 oz Stits Polyfiber. Like the Barnstormer, the Boomerang monoplane is also intended for home builders, to whom Fisher Flying sell through intermediary Wicks Aircraft in plan form for $65 or as a complete kit for $3720. The standard aircraft is fitted with a twin cylinder 340 cc Kawasaki engine of 30 hp with 2.0 reduction which is less frequently used than the TA440 436 cc Kawasaki giving 38.5 hp, which is available as an option. A peculiarity of the Boomerang is that it is available with two different wings an option is to have an enlarged wing of 32ft (9.75m) span. Wing area is increased in proportion, which allows the aircraft to be used as a two seater, though it is then included in the experimental aircraft category and no longer qualifies as an ultralight in the USA. Like Mike Fisher’s biplane, the Boomerang was also sold in the form of sub assembly kits: wing for $1175; fuselage for $585; covering for $425 and motor for $1450, in 1982.
Engine: Kawasaki 340 cc, 30 hp. Propeller diameter and pitch 54 x 22 inch, 1.37 x 0.56 m. Reduction ratio 2.0/1. Power per unit area 0.19 hp/sq.ft, 2.1 hp/sq.m. Fuel capacity 2.5 US gal, 2.1 Imp gal, 9.5 litre Optional fuel capacity 5.0 US gal, 4.2 Imp gal, 18.9 litre. Wing span 28.0 ft, 8.53 m. Mean chord 5.6 ft, 1.70 m. Total wing area 156 sq.ft, 14.5 sq.m. Wing aspect ratio 5.0/1. Main wheels diameter overall 20 inch, 50 cm. Empty weight 190 lb, 86 kg.
Single seat single engined negative stagger biplane with conventional three axis control. Wings have unswept leading and trailing edges, symmetrical double-surface, and constant chord; conventional cruciform tail. Pitch control by elevator on tail; yaw control by fin mounted rudder; roll control by full -span ailerons; control inputs through stick for pitch/roll and pedals for yaw. Wings braced by struts; wing profile NACA 23015; double surface. Undercarriage has three wheels in tricycle formation; bungee suspension on all wheels. Flush right go right nosewheel steering connected to yaw control. Brakes on 16-inch main wheels. Aluminium tube framework, without pod. Twin cylinder Kawasaki 440A with 2.0 reduction and recoil restart capability engine mounted below wing driving tractor propeller. Frame: 6061T6 and 2024T3 aluminium. Wing 2.7oz Stits Polyfiber. The prototype of this biplane was shown for the first time at Oshkosh in August 1982. Essentially in-tended for home builders, the Barnstormer has been available from Fisher Flying Pro¬ducts since the end of 1982 as plans for $95 or as a complete kit with Kawasaki TA440 engine for $4355. In order to give greater flexibility to the builder, various sub assem¬bly kits are also available as follows: tail surfaces kit $285; wings kit $1175; fuselage kit for $1050; covering $395; power unit $1650. Options include a ground adjustable two-¬bladed variable pitch propeller and shor¬tened wings down from 20 ft (6.09 m) span to 17.5 ft (5.33 m).
Engine: Kawasaki TA 440A, 38.5 hp at 6000 rpm. Propeller diameter 58 inch, 1.47m. Reduction ratio 2.0/1. Power per unit area 0.21hp/sq.ft, 2.4hp/sq.m. Fuel capacity 1.7 US gal, 1.4 Imp gal, 6.6 litre Optional fuel capacity 5.0 US gal, 4.2 Imp gal, 18.9 litre. Wing span 20.0ft, 6.09m. Constant chord 4.0 ft, 1.21 m. Sweepback 0 degs. Total wing area 176 sq.ft, 16.4 sq.m. Aspect ratio of each wing 4.5/1. Nosewheel diameter overall 16 inch, 40 cm. Main wheels diameter overall 16 inch, 40 cm. Empty weight 220 lb, 100 kg. Wing loading, 2.19 lbs/sq.ft.
Founded by Michael E. Fisher and Wayne Ison in the early 1980s as Lite Flite Inc, Aero Visions and later Fisher Aero Corporation. The first two designs the company built were the Fisher Flyer, which incorporated a new fuselage and tail and the existing wings from the UFM Easy Riser hang glider and the Fisher Barnstormer, a negative stagger biplane. Plans and kits for the latter design were offered in the early 1980s. 1982: Lite-Flite Inc, Rt.2, Box 282, South Webster, OH 45682, USA. 1982: Fisher Flying Products Inc, RL2, Box 282, South Webster, Ohio 45682, USA. Markets kits and plans to construct Avenger single-seat monoplane (appeared 1994), Celebrity tandem two-seat biplane, tandem two-seat Culex twin-engined monoplane, Horizon 2 tandem two-seat high-wing monoplane, Mariah tandem two-seat low-wing monoplane (first flown 1993), and Youngster single-seat biplane.
1995-7: Fisher Aero Corp, 7118 State Route 335, Portsmouth, OH 45662, USA. 2008: Fisher Flying Products, PO Box 468, Edgley, ND 58433, USA 2011: Factory Address: Fisher Flying Products Inc, Brampton Airport Hanger 100-C, 13691 McLaughlin Road, Caledon, Ontario L7C 3L7 Mailing Address: Fisher Flying Products Inc, PO Box 68, Stn Cheltenham, Caledon, Ontario L7C 3L7 Ownership of Fisher Flying Products passed to Gene and Darlene Jackson-Hanson in 1984. The company was originally based in South Webster, Ohio and later Edgeley, North Dakota, USA. 1995-8: PO Box 468, Edgeley, ND 58433, USA. In 2007 the Jackson-Hansons decided to sell the company and retire. The company was purchased and moved to Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. By early 2009 the new owners had re-established the manufacturing operation and commenced producing kits, starting with the Dakota Hawk and the FP-202. By late 2009 all kits were once again available. 2009: 71 Marycroft Ave, Unit #24, Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 5Y6, Canada. The company’s kits all feature wooden construction with aircraft fabric covering. Many of the designs are reproductions of classic aircraft, such as the company’s 80% Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth that is based upon the de Havilland Tiger Moth.
Designed by Bobby Baker and first shown in public in 1984. Built up from wood from plans supplied by the First Strike, the fuselage is constructed out of spruce longerons and plywood bulkheads, resulting in a strong, light and inexpensive approach for the homebuilder. Powered by a Rotax engine. Finished in ceconite and dope. Centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, tailwheel steerable through rudder pedals. The wings are removable for trailering, set up time being cited as 20 minutes. Designer Bobby Baker notes that some owners have been using the Bobcat for spray work, however he cautions that the design requires some beefing up – seen as no problem – before the additional load is carried. Suggestions for beefing up the structure, putting the craft up out of the microlight category, are included with the initial plans.
Supercat
The Supercat is a strengthened version with a slightly shorter wingspan and greater performance capabilities.
Bowdler Aviation Inc markets plans and kits to build the Supercat single-seat monoplane, formerly developed by First Strike and first flown 1984. The SuperCat has removable wings, taking less than one hour with two people, and fold up tail feathers.
All Aero 