Fisher Flying Products Avenger |
| Wing Span 27.00
ft. |
Takeoff Dist 200 ft.
|
| Wing Area 121.0 sq.
ft. |
Landing Dist 200 ft.
|
| Length 16.25
ft, |
VNE 63 mph |
| Max Gross Wt 600
lbs. |
Cruise 60 mph
|
| Empty Wt 250 lbs. |
Stall 26 mph |
| Fuel Capacity 5
gal. |
Climb Rate 900 fpm
|
| Seats 1 |
Cabin Width 24
in. |
| Engine 40 hp
40-65 |
Construction Wood,
Fabric |
| Plans Available |
Est. Bldg. Time 300
hrs. |
|
Type of construction used on an
Fisher Flying
Products
Avenger.
| About 10
years ago Bert Thibodeaux of Hiawath Iowa had a friend who was
building a Fisher Flying Products Avenger. "After building about
three ribs he sold the kit to me." Bert liked the design of the
aircraft as it reminded him of vintage aircraft which were made from
wood.
After about 6 years of building off and on, he finished his
Avenger and in 1994 the craft made it's first flight, and now has
105 hours on it.
Bert's Avenger is powered by a Rotax 503, 50 horsepower two
stroke engine using a 2.58 to one reduction drive.
With this combination the Avenger gets off the ground in a couple
of hundred feet, climbs out at over 1,000 feet per minute, cruises
along comfortably at 75 mph and stalls around 35 mph.
Bert is a professional carpenter by trade, but even he was
"overwhelmed at first", when he started building the Avenger.
Then he started to assemble the rudder and everything started
coming together. Bert compares it to building a wood model
aeroplane.
Completing the kit required no special tools and construction was
done comfortably in a 24 x 36 foot garage.
"The drawings from Fisher Flying Products are very detailed, they
have a lot of information on them." So much information that it was
sometimes confusing. But when Bert had a question "the friendly
people at Fisher Flying Products were always there to help."
Bert feels that from start to finish he has spent about $5,000
and has 700 hours of building time into his Avenger. He loves the
way it flies and has had no problems at all with it in over 100
hours of flying.
Bert flies his Avenger out of his a grass strip in Cedar Rapids
Iowa. | 
