title: Fry Esprit VFII
text: # Fry Esprit VFII
  
  The Fry Esprit VFII is a Swiss amateur-built aircraft, designed by Valentino Fry and produced by Fry Aircraft Design of Wilen bei Wollerau. The aircraft is supplied as plans for amateur construction.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Esprit VFII features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The aircraft is of carbon fibre composite construction. Its 6.09 m (20.0 ft) span Burt Rutan-designed wing has an area of 6.07 $m^2$ (65.3 sq ft) and unidirectional carbon-fibre spars. The recommended engines are the 140 hp (104 kW) Walter Minor and the turbocharged 140 hp (104 kW) Lom Praha four-stroke powerplants. The Esprit has a cruise speed of 343 km/h (213 mph).
  
  ## Specifications (Esprit VFII)
  
  Data from Bayerl and Tacke
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Wingspan: 6.09 m (20 ft 0 in)
  * Wing area: 6.07 $m^2$ (65.3 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 358 kg (789 lb)
  * Gross weight: 490 kg (1,080 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 65 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Walter Minor six cylinder, inline air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 100 kW (140 hp)
  * Propellers: 3-bladed composite
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 389 km/h (242 mph, 210 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 343 km/h (213 mph, 185 kn)
  * Stall speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 9 m/s (1,800 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 80.7 $kg/m^2$ (16.5 lb/sq ft)
  