Isaacs Fury

Fury
Role	Sports biplane
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	John Isaacs
First flight	1963
Number built	18

The Isaacs Fury is a British homebuilt sporting biplane designed by John Isaacs as a seven-tenths scale replica of the Hawker Fury fighter.

Development

Using the Currie Wot construction methods as a basis, John Issacs designed a single-seat wood and fabric sporting biplane for homebuilders. It was a seven-tenths replica of the 1935 Hawker Fury biplane fighter. It was a single-bay biplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear and powered by a 65hp Walter Mikron III piston engine in the nose with a two-bladed propeller. It has a single-seat open cockpit just aft of the wing. The prototype (G-ASCM) built by the designer between 1961 and 1963 at Southampton, England it first flew from Thruxton Aerodrome on the 30 August 1963.

Between 1966 and 1967 the aircraft was re-engined with a 125hp Lycoming O-290-D engine and first flown as the Fury Mk 2 in May 1967. The design was made available to amateur constructors.

Variants

Fury Mk 1

Prototype with a 65hp Walter Mikron III piston engine.

Fury Mk 2

Prototype re-engined with a 125hp Lycoming O-290-D piston engine for amateur construction.

Specifications (Fury Mk 2)

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 19 ft 3 in (5.87 m)
• Wingspan: 21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
• Empty weight: 710 lb (322 kg)
• Gross weight: 1000 lb (454 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290-D piston engine, 125 hp (94 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 100 mph (161 km/h)
• Range: 200 miles (321 km)
• Rate of climb: 1600 ft/min (488 m/s)

See also

• Hawker Fury
  

References

Bibliography

• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X. 
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1996). Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory. London, England: Brassey's. ISBN 1 85733 1981 1. 

External links

• British Aircraft Directory