Isaacs Fury
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The Isaacs Fury is a British homebuilt sporting biplane designed by John Isaacs as a seven-tenths scale replica of the Hawker Fury fighter.{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Winter 1971|page=79}}
Development
Using the Currie Wot construction methods as a basis, John Isaacs designed a single-seat wood and fabric sporting biplane for homebuilders.{{Harvnb |Jackson|1974|pp=256–257}} It was a seven-tenths replica of the 1935 Hawker Fury biplane fighter. It was a single-bay biplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear and powered by a {{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Walter Mikron III piston engine in the nose with a two-bladed propeller. It has a single-seat open cockpit just aft of the wing. The prototype (G-ASCM) built by the designer between 1961 and 1963 at Southampton, England, first flew from Thruxton Aerodrome on 30 August 1963.
Between 1966 and 1967 the aircraft was re-engined with a {{convert|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-290-D engine and first flown as the Fury Mk 2 in May 1967. The design was made available to amateur constructors.
The rights to plans for the design are held by the UK Light Aircraft Association.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 114. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Variants
;Fury Mk 1
:Prototype with a {{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Walter Mikron III piston engine.
;Fury Mk 2
:Prototype re-engined with a {{convert|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-290-D piston engine for amateur construction.
Specifications (Fury Mk 2)
File:Isaacs Fury II AN0303377.jpg
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Taylor{{Harvnb |Taylor|1996|p=476}}
|prime units? = imp
|crew=1
|length m=5.87
|length ft=19
|length in=3
|span m=6.4
|span ft=21
|span in=0
|empty weight kg=322
|empty weight lb=710
|gross weight kg=454
|gross weight lb=1000
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Lycoming O-290-D piston engine
|eng1 kw=94
|eng1 hp=125
|max speed kmh=185
|max speed mph=115
|cruise speed kmh=161
|cruise speed mph=100
|range km=321
|range miles=200
|climb rate ms=8.12
|climb rate ftmin=1600
}}
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10014-X }}
- {{cite book|last= Taylor|first= Michael J. H.|title= Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory|year= 1996|publisher= Brassey's|location= London, England|isbn= 1-85753-198-1|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/brasseysworldair0000unse}}
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