Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine
{{Short description|German ultralight aircraft}}
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The Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine is a German ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flaeming Air of Zellendorf, Brandenburg. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 50. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 52. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules, with different models for each category. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear, or optionally conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.{{cite web|url = http://www.sportpilot.org/learn/slsa/|title = EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft|accessdate = 1 June 2012|last = Experimental Aircraft Association|date = 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228070151/http://sportpilot.org/learn/slsa|archive-date = 28 February 2014|url-status = dead}}
The aircraft is made from composites, with its fuselage, wing spars, flaps and rudder made from carbon fibre. Its {{convert|10.05|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|9.27|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. The standard engines available are the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS, {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Jabiru 3300 and the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplants.
The FA 04 can be used for aero-towing gliders up to {{convert|750|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} gross weight.
Variants
;FA 01 Smaragd (Emerald)
:Initial model for the European FAI microlight class, with a gross weight of {{convert|472.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
;FA 02
:Kit aircraft with a gross weight of {{convert|650|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
;FA 04 Peregrine
:Light-sport model for the US market, with a gross weight of {{convert|600|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
;FA 04 SL
:Super-light model with an empty weight of {{convert|270|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, including a ballistic parachute.
Specifications (FA 04 Peregrine)
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.flaemingair.de/tl/index.php/our-aircraft-products/articles/fa-04-peregrine-lsa.html}}