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FUM Javelin registered under RAA Regulations as 10-0172 (c/n 1) (Phillip Vabre)
Country of origin:
Australia
Description:
Single-seat ultralight sport aircraft
Power Plant:
One 21 kw (27 hp) Rotax 277 single-cylinder, two-stroke, geared air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 8.5 m (27 ft 9 in)
- Length: 5 m (16 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 12.8 m² (137.78 sq ft)
- Economical cruising speed: 107 km/h (67 mph)
- Stalling speed: 46 km/h (29 mph)
- Fuel capacity: 22 litres (4.83 Imp gals)
- Empty weight: 130 kg (287 lb)
History:
The FUM 95 Javelin was a single-seat ultralight sport aircraft marketed in Australia by Flight 95 of Lindfield, NSW in the mid 1980s . It had a single-surface Dacron covered high-wing, being a strut-braced monoplane which itself was a development of the Company’s Mustang.
Like many ultralight aircraft developed during that period, the pilot sat below the mainplane in an open-frame cockpit. It was built for operations from rough strips and had a tailwheel undercarriage, which featured steel spring main legs and a tailwheel. The machine could be assembled or dismantled for trailering or storage. The airframe was of aluminium construction and was coated in baked enamel for a fine finish.
A number were completed and at least one has survived, this being 10-0172 (c/n 1) fitted with a Rotax 377 engine which was first registered in April 1985.