Foxcon Aviation & Research Pty Ltd, (usually just Foxcon Aviation) is an Australian

aircraft manufacturer An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry. ...

based in

Mackay, Queensland } Mackay () is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, ...

that was founded in 1995. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 55. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 56. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The company was formed "to manufacture extremely competitive high performance light aircraft at an affordable price." Working in

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, the company has expanded its space over the years and added a climate-controlled vacuum bag molding capability, plus sandwich construction molding jigs. Although the

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was at one time produced, the company's sole current product is the

Foxcon Terrier 200 The Foxcon Terrier 200 is an Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Foxcon Aviation of Mackay, Queensland. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Ma ...

, powered by a

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automotive conversion engine or

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aircraft engine, although a four-seat

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is under development.

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*{{Official website, http://www.foxcon.com/ Aircraft manufacturers of Australia Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Companies based in Queensland Australian companies established in 1995 Mackay, Queensland