Airplane/Biplane Kit

Description

• Youngster V - Biplane Kit Manufactured by
• Fisher Flying Products
• Build was started by my late father and has been mostly assembled. Completely assembled components include all wings, wing ailerons, elevators, tail rudder and stabilizer and most of the fuselage. Build kit includes landing gear, engine cowl, canopy, control cables and tubes, gas tank, fasteners, fabric skins, instructions, blueprints and my father’s build logbook notes. Remaining parts needed to complete the assembly of the slow build kit are all located in the original shipping crate.
• Company Information and Plane Specs
• The Fisher Youngster is a Canadian single-seat, conventional landing gear, single-engined, biplane kit aircraft designed for construction by amateur builders. The aircraft was inspired by the German Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister aerobatic aircraft of the 1930s.
• Fisher Flying Products was originally based in Edgeley, North Dakota, USA but the company is now located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
• Development
• The Youngster was designed by Fisher Aircraft in the United States in 1994 and was intended to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built category, although it qualifies as an ultralight aircraft in some countries, such as Canada. It also qualifies as a US Experimental Light Sport Aircraft. The Youngster's standard empty weight is 400 lb (181 kg) when equipped with a 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 engine and it has a gross weight of 650 lb (295 kg).
• The aircraft is stressed for +6 and -3.75 g and is suitable for sportsman category aerobatics.
• The construction of the Youngster is of wood with the fuselage built in a Warren Truss covered with a 1⁄8 in (3 mm) birch plywood skin. The fuselage employs longitudinal stringers to replicate the Jungmeister's shape. The wings and tail are covered with doped aircraft fabric. The wings feature interplane struts, cabane struts, bottom wing ailerons only and a NACA 2315 airfoil. Like the original Jungmeister upon which it is based, the Youngster has no flaps. The Youngster's main landing gear has bungee suspension. The cockpit can be left open or covered with an optional canopy for cold weather operations. The company claims an amateur builder can complete the aircraft from the kit in 500 hours.
• The specified engines for the Youngster include the 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 two-stroke and the Great Plains Aircraft 65 hp (48 kW) four-stroke Volkswagen air-cooled engine. Subaru auto conversions of up to 85 hp (63 kW) and 160 lb (73 kg) can also be used.
• By late 2004 20 Youngsters were flying.
• Variants
• Youngster
• Original Rotax-powered design
• Youngster V
• Great Plains Volkswagen air-cooled engine 65 hp (48 kW) powered version
• Specifications
• Data from Company website, AeroCrafter & Kitplanes
• General characteristics
• Crew: one
• Capacity: 250 lb (113 kg) useful load, no passengers
• Length: 15 ft 6 in (4.73 m)
• Wingspan: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
• Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
• Wing area: 126 sq ft (11.72 m2)
• Airfoil: NACA 2315
• Empty weight: 400 lb (181 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 two stroke, two cylinder aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)
• Performance
• Cruise speed: 80 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn)
• Stall speed: 32 mph (52 km/h, 28 kn)
• The images posted are of the partially assembled “Slow Build” Youngster V kit manufactured by Fisher Flying Products. This is the actual Experimental Aircraft that I have for sale. The fully assembled photo of the kit, is an example of what the airplane looks like after build is complete.