Fly-Fan Shark


The Fly-Fan Shark is a Slovak light aircraft designed by Frantisek Sustek and initially developed by Fly-Fan of Trenčín. Development continues under the new owner of the design, AENEA Services s. r. o.. The design was introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2007 as a mock up and in 2011 as a flying aircraft. The aircraft first flew on 29 June 2011 and is intended to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development

The Shark was designed with the goal of providing similar performance to other twin-engined light aircraft, but on 30% less power. It features a cantilever low-wing, a five-seat enclosed cabin, retractable tricycle landing gear and twin wing-mounted engines in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from Kevlar and carbon fibre. Its span wing employs a Jd 16 162 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to a Jd 17 157 at mid-span and a Jd 15 136 at the wing tip. The wing has an area of and mounts split flaps that can be extended 50°. The standard engines fitted are a pair of Lycoming O-320-D1A four-stroke powerplants.
The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of.

Specifications (Shark)