Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine

The Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine is a German ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flaeming Air of Zellendorf, Brandenburg. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules, with different models for each category. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear, or optionally conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from composites, with its fuselage, wing spars, flaps and rudder made from carbon fibre. Its 10.05 m span wing has an area of 9.27 m2. The standard engines available are the 100 hp Rotax 912ULS, 120 hp Jabiru 3300 and the 100 hp Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplants.

The FA 04 can be used for aero-towing gliders up to 750 kg gross weight.

Variants

 * FA 01 Smaragd (Emerald)
 * Initial model for the European FAI microlight class, with a gross weight of 472.5 kg.


 * FA 02
 * Kit aircraft with a gross weight of 650 kg.


 * FA 04 Peregrine
 * Light-sport model for the US market, with a gross weight of 600 kg.


 * FA 04 SL
 * Super-light model with an empty weight of 270 kg, including a ballistic parachute.