Building N624WG
Frequently Asked Questions
Building N624WG
Mike Fisher recently sold his kitplane company to the folks who
bought his first company -
Fisher Flying Products - and they have moved the factory
inventory to their location in North Dakota, so they're the ones
to contact.
I have a folder full of receipts, but I've never totalled
them up. It cost what it cost, and it took as long to build as it
took! However, in round numbers, the figures go like this: kit,
$7000; BRS parachute, $3000; engine & accessories, $9000; instruments,
upgrades, paint, plumbing, Emergency Locator Transmitter, etc,
$3000. Grand (ballpark) total, $22,000.
A moot question. I've never dealt with the Fisher Flying Products folks,
so I can't speak from experience, but the word on the tarmac is that they're
very good at supporting their customers. Good for them!
My building log (required for licensing) shows a few more than
1800 hours, three times Fisher's published estimate.
Keep in mind that this was my first (and only, ever...)
homebuilt airplane.
The following is a report from the chief pilot of Adagio.
TO dist, no wind, asphalt, half fuel, one crew, 190-220 ft. From a
dead stop and no holding breaks to put on full throttle. Also 90
degree day (from last flight).
Climb, 300 -- 500 FPM. With full load, 200.
Time to 7000 ft, 21 min.
I fly pattern, no wind, real close in. Turning base, 1500 rpm
and try not to touch power again until flare. Amazing how many
times I am able to do just that. She comes down at 500 FPM at
1500 rpm, I add 200 just before touch down and make a wheel
landing or leave power alone and make a three point, but just
barely. Sometimes I make both during the same landing.
No acrobatics. 60 degree bank turns are easy
and you can do them all day and never loose altitude. Also turns
you around in the width of the runway and taxi way. Lazy
eights are fun and are like on any similar sized aircraft.
Trims great, but can't turn loose stick for long.
Stalls are hard to come by; she just does not want to stall. Drops
straight through.
Oh yes, I fly down wind at whatever, base at 70 and final at 65.
Could use 55 but it handles better at 65-70. Who knows what that
truly is, probably indicating about 5 to 7 mph high. Have landed
in 90 degree crossing gusts to 25 mph. No problem. Adagio
so responsive to controls and takes so little stick or rudder
force it can handle the winds. She does, however, feel every gust.
Our numbers to date behind a Continental C-85 are:
INDICATED AIRSPEED:
Note: we think that the airspeed indicator may be reading 5mph
fast due to placement of the pito tube, but this has not been
confirmed.
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