Photograph:
FUM Jeep at Temora, NSW (David C Eyre)
Country of origin:
Australia
Description:
Single-seat ultra-light sport aircraft
Power Plant:
One 21 kw (28 hp) Rotax 277 single-cylinder, two-stroke, geared air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 9.1 m (29 ft 9 in)
- Length: 5.1 m (16 ft 7 in)
- Economical cruising speed: 93 km/h (58 mph)
- Stalling speed: 43 km/h (26 mph)
- Fuel capacity: 19 litres (4.2 Imp gals)
- Empty weight: 114 kg (251 lb)
History:
The FUM Jeep was a single-seat high-wing braced monoplane built to Australian standard ANO95/10 with an open cockpit designed and produced in small numbers by Leigh Wakeland in the 1980s. It was the third ultralight design produced by Mr Wakeland and was available at Holbrook Airpark, Holbrook, NSW in ready-to-fly form. The Jeep was marketed by Flying Ultralight Machines (FUM).
Mr Wakeland’s previous designs were known as the Mustang and the Javelin. Similar in appearance to those aircraft, the cockpit was below the mainplane with the engine mounted on top of the fuselage boom in tractor configuration. The wings were tapered with full span ailerons, and the undercarriage was of the tailwheel type. The Jeep could be obtained with a fully enclosed cockpit which tapered back behind the pilot.
Examples registered have included 10-0037 (c/n 1), 10-0076 registered on 10 April 1988 fitted with a Rotax 377 engine; 10-0602, 10-0933, and 10-1158.