Polaris AM-FIB
The Polaris AM-FIB is an Italian amphibious flying boat ultralight trike, designed and produced by Polaris Motor of Gubbio. The aircraft was introduced in 2003 and is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Design and development
The AM-FIB was developed from the Polaris FIB as a result of customer demand. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, retractable tricycle landing gear mounted to its inflatable boat hull and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft's single surface wing is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing and covered in Dacron sailcloth. The span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine. The main landing gear is extended and retracted with a manual crank, while the nose gear uses a catch-and-rope mechanism.
The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. With full fuel of the payload is.Specifications (AM-FIB)
