Photograph:
Foxcon Terrier 200C Camper 19-4267 (c/n 031010) at Caboolture, QLD (Tony Arbon)
Country of origin:
Australia
Description:
Two-seat light sport aircraft
Power Plant:
One 82 kw (110 hp) Subaru EA-81 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed liquid-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 9.1 m (29 ft 8 in)
- Length: 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 6 in)
- Max speed: 204 km/h (127 mph)
- Cruising speed: 176 km/h (109 mph)
- Stalling speed: 70 km/h (44 mph)
- Rate of climb: 244 m/min (800 ft/min)
- Take-off distance: 150 m (492 ft)
- Landing distance: 200 m (656 ft)
- Range: 875 km (544 miles)
- Empty weight: 304 kg (670 lb)
- Loaded weight: 544 kg (1,199 lb)
History:
The Terrier 100 was an all-composite construction two-seat light sport aircraft designed and built by Foxcon Aviation of Seaforth, near Mackay, QLD, the prototype Terrier 100 19-3127 (c/n 01) flying for the first time in the late 1990s. Built of fibreglass, and fitted with an 82 kw (110 hp) Subaru EA-81 engine, it was produced in kit form for construction by amateur builders. Aimed basically at the ultralight market, the fuselage weighed 40 kg (88 lb). Accommodation was provided for two side-by-side and provision was made for 30 kg (66 lb) of luggage.
The aircraft was a joint venture of Brian Foxley-Connolly and Helmut Kley, who built, developed and test flew the prototype for some time. In June 1999 the Terrier 100 kitplane was made available to amateur constructors, and kits have been supplied to a number of homebuilders, with more than 100 examples being delivered by late 2008.
Development led to the production of further models, including the Terrier 200. The first of the type completed in New Zealand was a Terrier 200 which became ZK-PCF² (c/n NZ2001) in December 2002.
A number of Terriers have been built and registered in Australia under Australian Ultralight Federation (AUF) and Recreational Aviation Australia (RAA) Regulations, with examples being fitted with a 93 kw (125 hp) fuel-injected variant of the Subaru EA-81 engine.
One variant of the type was built by Douglas Belbin of Bloomsbury, QLD. This was a Terrier 100 VH-YIP (c/n T001) which was converted to low-wing configuration, with a new cockpit and tricycle undercarriage, being fitted with a wing from a Vans RV-6 and being registered on 24 January 2001, becoming known as the Douglish Yippi-I-O.
Another example was originally registered as a Terrier 200 on 21 July 2004 as ZK-EZY to the Paul Hopper and Rex Swanson Partnership at North Shore aerodrome near Auckland. It received some modifications and was re-designated on 23 September 2004 as a Cli-Mate Cli-Mate 100, being registered to Paul Hopper on 2 March 2006.
Terrier 200s registered with RAA have included 19-4559 (c/n 40401) with a Rotax engine registered on 6 February 2006; 19-4570 (c/n 40301) with a Subaru EA-81 engine registered on 27 March 2006; 19-4737 (c/n not known) registered on 31 July 2006; 19-4759 (c/n 40201) with a Rotax 912ULS engine registered on 16 August 2006; 19-4934 (c/n 70) with a Subaru EA-81 engine registered on 11 January 2007; 19-5236 (c/n 70701) with a Subaru EA-81 engine registered on 19 November 2007; 19-5338 (c/n 71001) with a Lycoming 235 engine registered on 25 August 2009; 19-7609 (c/n 81001) with a Subaru EA-81 engine registered on 26 August 2010; and T200 19-7281 (c/n 40401 – ex VH-OMI) registered on 14 October 2009.
The type has been popular in New Zealand, where at least eight examples have been built. These have included ZK-EEN (c/n 010501), ZK-EZY (c/n CL04001) [mentioned above], ZK-JPY (c/n 031101), ZK-MEG (c/n NZ2005), ZK-MWH (c/n not known), ZK-NRJ (c/n not known), ZK-PCF (c/n NZ2001), ZK-SOD (c/n NZ2004) and ZK-UTC (c/n NZ2005).