Video: FK's Comet Biplane

Video: FK’s Comet Biplane

Editorial Staff

Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

FK Lightplanes is aiming to expand its significant European market presence into the U.S. with the FK-12 Comet.
The FK-12 Comet is a sporty aerobatic biplane designed for this U.S. market expansion.
It will soon be upgraded with a fully aerobatic Lycoming AEIO-233 engine, making it one of the few light sport aircraft approved for aerobatics and the only biplane in that class.

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FK Lightplanes has significant presence in Europe but almost none in the U.S. They’d like to change that with a sporty little aerobatic biplane called the FK-12 Comet. Right now, it’s got a Rotax 912, but it will soon have a fully aerobatic Lycoming AEIO-233, making it one of only a couple of light sports approved for aerobatics and the only biplane. AVweb recently took a spin in the Comet with Hansen Air Group’s Mitch Hansen. Here’s a video report.

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