Flywhale Aircraft Flywhale


The Flywhale Aircraft Flywhale is a two-seat amphibious sports aircraft designed and built in Germany by Flywhale Aircraft.

Design and development

The Flywhale, built mainly from composite materials, is a flying boat style amphibian, with a single step hull and sponsons rather than wing tip floats. It accommodates two in side-by-side seating fitted with dual control. The design also provides room for two people to sleep in the fuselage. A large, one-piece canopy hinges forward for access and there are separate, removable side windows. Behind the seats is a baggage area. The Flywhale has short-legged, tricycle landing gear with mainwheels retracting backwards into the sponsons. It can operate on land, water and snow-civered surfaces.
Its high cantilever wings are trapezoidal in plan and can be removed for transport. Its empennage is cruciform, with the horizontal tail part-way up a triangular fin and rudder. A Rotax 912 ULS flat-four engine is mounted on a necked pylon over the wing in tractor configuration. This originally drove a two blade propeller but more recently a three-bladed one has replaced it. A BRS ballistic parachute is an option.
The Flywhale flew for the first time on 13 September 2013. A second airframe has been completed, including modifications suggested by the flight trials of the first, and this flew in the summer of 2015.

Variants

;Adventure: Standard version as in Specifications
;Expedition: Fuel capacity increased to with tanks in sponsons, extending endurance to 10 hr 0 min and range to. Both seats recline. Fresh water storage in sponsons.

Specifications (Adventure)