Fry Esprit VFII

The Fry Esprit VFII is a Swiss amateur-built aircraft, designed by Valentino Fry and produced by Fry Aircraft Design of Wilen bei Wollerau. The aircraft is supplied as plans for amateur construction.

Design and development
The Esprit VFII features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is of carbon fibre composite construction. Its 6.09 m span Burt Rutan-designed wing has an area of 6.07 m2 and unidirectional carbon-fibre spars. The recommended engines are the 140 hp Walter Minor and the turbocharged 140 hp Lom Praha four-stroke powerplants. The Esprit has a cruise speed of 343 km/h.