The design

The cockpit

A large one-piece cabin hood opens easily with the help of gas springs- and permits easy boarding. The canopy is made from a special UV protection plexi and a provides a 360° panorama view!Ergonomic, adjustable bucket seats are shaped for long and still relaxing journeys.

The ergonomic, adjustable molded seats are designed for long and still relaxing journeys.
The cockpit was designed for maximum of space and to accommodate also very tall pilots.
Over 14 cm more elbow room compared to a standard C172 and space for pilots over 2,00m tall – these data should purge all concerns…

Various panel layouts

A spacious and modern instrument panel..

..can house all kind of instrumentation – from classic “round clocks” up to large glass cockpits!

Luggage

For your luggage the Polaris offers plenty of space behind the pilots seats.

Fowler flaps

A modern, electric Fowler flap system allows wing extension of up to 20%.
This makes cruising speeds of up to 250 km/h possible even starting from very short runways!
The winglets on the ailerons optimize control efficiency.

Fast removable wings for trailer transport

Also rare for most low wing aircrafts, the Polaris is designed like a glider – it enables the owner to remove both wings quickly to store the plane inside a trailer over night!
A unique system of small rollers installed inside the fuselage are guiding the mainspars to its final position when attaching the wings!
Main bolts are activated from outside, flaps are connecting automatically – it provides a maximum of simplicity to get it flying out of the trailer in short time!
 

Various powerplants….

You can choose between the Rotax 912 or Rotax 912S engines. Fix pitch, variable pitch as well as constant speed props are available.
A special design of the nose cowling allows to remove the main engine cowl quickly for inspections while the radiator and its fairings are staying on place.
 

Choose Trigear or taildragger and other options…

Both typical trigear as well as the racy taildragger landing gear are available for the Polaris!
Various interiours and equipments available.
Simply choose and define the plane you are looking for!

Safetey

In addition to its proven design, also this machine meets the requirements set by highest safety standards.
As with all the other FK planes, the Polaris features the BRS rescue system option and its cockpit contains partly a tubular steel safety frame and special crash protection elements to create a car style crush zone. Even the fuel tank system is located outside any potential crumple zones – well protected in the centre of each wing behind the mainspars!
 

Technology

The fuselage is mainly a carbon and glass fibre composite sandwhich with a honeycomp core inside. Large carbon bulkheads are taking the wingloads into the fuselage structure.
Tailplane and controls are made of aircraft aluminium, both riveted and bonded.
The wings are made in full carbon technology, also as sandwhich carrying a honeycomp web core inside.
Engine mount and nosegear are build from steel tubes in conventional aviation standard.

Extensive structural tests were done to prove design integrity!

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