Eurofly Fire Fox

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.

Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg. The Fire Fox features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants 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 Dacron sailcloth. Its 9.60 m span wing lacks flaps and has a wing area of 16.09 m2. Each wing is supported by two parallel struts with jury struts. The standard engine used is the 50 hp Rotax 503 two-stroke powerplant.

The Fire Fox has a typical empty weight of 220 kg and a gross weight of 450 kg, giving a useful load of 230 kg. With full fuel of 49 L the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is 194 kg.

Variants

 * Fire Fox
 * Base model


 * Fire Fox 2000
 * Fully equipped variant including electric flaps.