Isaacs Fury Explained
The
Isaacs Fury is a British homebuilt sporting biplane designed by John Isaacs as a seven-tenths scale replica of the
Hawker Fury fighter.
[1] Development
Using the Currie Wot construction methods as a basis, John Isaacs designed a single-seat wood and fabric sporting biplane for homebuilders. It was a seven-tenths replica of the 1935 Hawker Fury biplane fighter. It was a single-bay biplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear and powered by a 650NaN0 Walter Mikron III piston engine in the nose with a two-bladed propeller. It has a single-seat open cockpit just aft of the wing. The prototype (G-ASCM) built by the designer between 1961 and 1963 at Southampton, England, first flew from Thruxton Aerodrome on 30 August 1963.
Between 1966 and 1967 the aircraft was re-engined with a 1250NaN0 Lycoming O-290-D engine and first flown as the Fury Mk 2 in May 1967. The design was made available to amateur constructors.
The rights to plans for the design are held by the UK Light Aircraft Association.[2] [3]
Variants
- Fury Mk 1
Prototype with a 650NaN0 Walter Mikron III piston engine.
- Fury Mk 2
Prototype re-engined with a 1250NaN0 Lycoming O-290-D piston engine for amateur construction.References
Bibliography
- Book: Jackson, A.J.. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. 1974. Putnam. London. 0-370-10014-X .
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H.. Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory. 1996. Brassey's. London, England. 1-85753-198-1. registration.
Notes and References
- Air Trails. Winter 1971. 79.
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 114. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
