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The Polaris FIB ("Flying Inflatable Boat") is an Italian flying boat ultralight trike, designed and produced by Polaris Motor of Gubbio. The aircraft was introduced in the mid-1980s and remains in production. It is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 218. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕〔Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 107. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X〕 ==Design and development== The FIB complies with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The FIB has a maximum gross weight of .〔〔 The aircraft features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, an inflatable boat hull and a single engine in pusher configuration. The FIB has no wheeled landing gear, but as a result of customer demand it was later developed into the amphibious Polaris AM-FIB.〔 The FIB'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 aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .〔〔 The company continues to develop the design and in 2010 introduced a new hull shape to increase performance in the water and in the air.〔 Dimitri Delemarie, writing in ''The World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', said of the design, "It will never win any speed records, but if there were an award for fun, it would be right up there at the top."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polaris FIB」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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