Photograph:
Douglish Yippy-I-O VH-YIP prototype (c/n Y-001) during construction in 2009 (Douglas Belbin)
Country of origin:
Australia
Description:
Two-seat light sport monoplane
Power Plant:
One Subaru EA-81 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Length: 6.38 m (20 ft 10 in)
- Cruising speed: 243 km/h (151 mph)
History:
The Douglish Yippy-I-O was a machine designed and built in Australia. It was a two-seat low-wing sport monoplane developed in Queensland basically using the fuselage of the Foxcon Terrier 100, which had been developed and produced at Mackay, and was provided in kit form, lengthening it, making some other modifications to meet the needs of the designer, and fitting the all-metal wing produced by Vans Aircraft for the RV-6 with necessary changes.
The fuselage was of fibreglass construction. The wing initially to be used was from a kit aircraft known as the Sprint but it was decided to use the RV-6 wing. Whereas the Terrier was a high wing aircraft, the new design used the low-wing configuration of the RV-6 wing. The Yippy-I-O was designed to perform limited aerobatics. It was fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.
Construction commenced in 2000 with the arrival of the wing for assembly, and work on the fuselage commenced at about that time, major changes being necessary to attach the fibreglass fuselage to the all-metal wing.
It was registered as VH-YIP (c/n Y-001) to its owner builder Douglas Belbin of Hyde Park, QLD on 29 January 2001. One reference has referred to it as the Douglish Yippy-I-O and another as just the Yippy-I-O. Test flying was expected to commence in 2012.