title: Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine
text: # Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine
  
  The Flaeming Air FA 04 Peregrine is a German ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flaeming Air of Zellendorf, Brandenburg. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules, with different models for each category. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear, or optionally conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The aircraft is made from composites, with its fuselage, wing spars, flaps and rudder made from carbon fibre. Its 10.05 m (33.0 ft) span wing has an area of 9.27 $m^2$ (99.8 sq ft). The standard engines available are the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 and the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplants.
  
  The FA 04 can be used for aero-towing gliders up to 750 kg (1,653 lb) gross weight.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### FA 01 Smaragd (Emerald)
  
      Initial model for the European FAI microlight class, with a gross weight of 472.5 kg (1,042 lb).
  
  ### FA 02
  
      Kit aircraft with a gross weight of 650 kg (1,433 lb).
  
  ### FA 04 Peregrine
  
      Light-sport model for the US market, with a gross weight of 600 kg (1,323 lb).
  
  ### FA 04 SL
  
      Super-light model with an empty weight of 270 kg (595 lb), including a ballistic parachute.
  
  ## Specifications (FA 04 Peregrine)
  
  Data from Bayerl and Flaeming Air
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Length: 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
  * Wingspan: 9.27 m (30 ft 5 in)
  * Wing area: 10.05 $m^2$ (108.2 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 278 kg (613 lb)
  * Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 120 litres (26 imp gal; 32 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  * Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
  * Never exceed speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
  * Range: 1,150 km (710 mi, 620 nmi)
  * Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
  