Inverted FK-12 Comet - Upside down testing in Italy

I'd like to thank Fausto for sending me the photos below and the news about his FK-12 Comet in Italy c/n 066.

The Rotax 912 engine has been modified to allow inverted flight - the images below show the testing process in progress with the FK-12 Comet upside down in a test rig.

Engine running

Good luck with the testing process and please let us all know how your flight trials progress.


Steve

New Comet N452JH displayed at Sebring Expo Jan 2011

Hansen Air Group were able to exhibit there newly delivered FK-12 Comet at the recent Light Sport Expo held at Sebring, Florida, USA in January 2011.

Their brand new Comet is c/n 094 registered as N452JH - the aircraft is painted in an attractive white/yellow/grey colour scheme with side code "64".

The aircraft will shortly be fully re-assembled by Hansen Air Group at their base in Kennesaw, Georgia, with the intention of achieving its first test flight in the USA during February 2011.


Steve

Comet Special Edition - First Flight !

Good News - The prototype FK-12 Comet Special Edition aircraft made it first flight on 12th February 2010 at Speyer airfield in Germany as F-JRLQ - the test pilot was Hans Peter Horle.


Please see the link below for more details of this first flight from FK Lightplanes


http://www.fk-leichtflugzeuge.de/Downloads/CometSL_project_update_Feb2010.pdf



Steve