FK Lightplanes FK9 Mark VI
FK9ICAOVFRTrainer
1today~30/mo
The latest version of a German strut-braced high-wing two-seater first flown in 1989, now all composite with winglets and a 1.2 m wide cabin. In Germany it is approved as a 600 kg microlight with the 100 hp Rotax.
Units
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 103 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 124 kt
- Rate of climb
- 846 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- MOGAS (unleaded car fuel) · AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 58 l
- Total capacity
- 60 l
- Fuselage tank
- 60 l
- Usable fuel weighs
- 43 kg
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass · Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Systems
- Airframe parachute
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 600 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- UL (national licence)
- Class rating
- Microlight (3-axis)
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- FK Lightplanes
- Category
- Microlight
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- FK9
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
Scale drawing
TopSideFrontLength 6.03 mWingspan 9.14 mHeight
- Length
- 6.03 m
- Wingspan
- 9.14 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.25 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.7 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- FK Lightplanes FK9 Mark VILength 6.03 m
- Aerospool WT9 DynamicLength 6.4 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 40 kt
- 97 kt
- 70 kt
- 99 kt
- 124 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the FK Lightplanes FK9 Mark VI in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
