The Fly-Fan Shark is a Slovak

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. Development continues under the new owner of the design,

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. The design was introduced at the

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show in 2007 as a mock up and in 2011 as a flying aircraft. The aircraft first flew on 29 June 2011 and is intended to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 164. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 150. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Shark was designed with the goal of providing similar performance to other twin-engined light aircraft, but on 30% less power. It features a cantilever

low-wing A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...

, a five-seat enclosed cabin, retractable

tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in the front, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle ...

and twin wing-mounted engines in

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. The aircraft is made from

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and

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. Its span wing employs a Jd 16 (40) 162

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at the

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, transitioning to a Jd 17 (40) 157 at mid-span and a Jd 15 (35) 136 at the

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. The wing has an area of and mounts split flaps that can be extended 50°. The standard engines fitted are a pair of

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powerplants. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .

Specifications (Shark)

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://aeneaservices.sk/index-en Low-wing aircraft 2010s Slovak civil aircraft Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 2011