Fisher_Dakota_Hawk
Fisher Dakota Hawk
Canadian homebuilt light aircraft
The Fisher Dakota Hawk is a Canadian side-by-side two-seat, conventional landing gear, single-engined, high-wing monoplane kit aircraft designed for construction by amateur builders.[1][2][3][4]
| Dakota Hawk | |
|---|---|
| Fischer Dakota Hawk | |
| Role | Kit aircraft |
| National origin | Canada |
| Manufacturer | Fisher Flying Products |
| First flight | 1993 |
| Introduction | 1993 |
| Number built | 25 (2004)[1] |
Fisher Flying Products was originally based in Edgeley, North Dakota, USA but the company is now located in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The Dakota Hawk was designed by Fisher Aircraft in the United States in 1993 and was intended to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built category, although it qualifies as ultralight aircraft in some countries, such as Canada. It also qualifies as US Experimental Light Sport Aircraft.[2][4]
The construction of the Dakota Hawk is of wood, with a wooden geodesic-construction fuselage and an I-beam wing spar. The wings, tail and fuselage are covered with doped aircraft fabric. The aircraft wing has "V" struts and jury struts. The Dakota Hawk's main landing gear uses bungee suspension with hydraulic brakes and wheel pants available as options. The tail wheel is steerable and the wings fold for storage or trailering. The company claims an amateur builder can complete either aircraft from the kit in 600 hours.[1][2][4]
The specified engines for the Dakota Hawk include the following four-stroke aircraft engines:[1][2][4][5][6]
- 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A65
- 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL
- 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85
- 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200
- 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS
- 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300
Data from Company website, AeroCrafter & Kitplanes[1][2][3][4]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
- Wingspan: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
- Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Wing area: 128 sq ft (11.9 m2)
- Empty weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, four stroke piston aircraft engine, 80 hp (60 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
- Cruise speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
- Range: 250 mi (400 km, 220 nmi)
- Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Downey, Julia: Kit Aircraft Directory 2005, Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 58. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
- Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 161. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
- Kitplanes Staff: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 48. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012
- Fisher Flying Products. "Dakota Hawk". Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 102. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- Fisher Flying Products (2021). "History of Fisher Flying". Retrieved 2 November 2021.
