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RF-9
Fournier RF-9 motorglider F-CARF at Midden-Zeeland Airport (EHMZ), April 1, 1989
General information
Type	Motorglider
National origin	France
Designer	René Fournier
History
First flight	13 January 1977

TheFournier RF-9 is a two-seatmotorglider of conventional sailplane configuration. Originally produced inFrance, manufacturing was later taken over byABS Aircraft inSwitzerland, and then by Gomolzig inGermany. The pilot and passenger are accommodated side-by-side, and the aircraft's wings are foldable for ease of storage. It first flew in1977. The licence-built example was known as the Fournier RF-9 ABS but only one, registration D-KHGO (w/nr.9021) was ever constructed. In 1994, ABS Aircraft GmbH left the development of ABS RF-9 though two further kits had been built, and were later constructed by the Polish Aircraft company Polavia.

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 7.86 m (25 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 17.00 m (55 ft 9 in)
• Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 18.00 m² (193.8 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 16.1:1
• Empty weight: 520 kg (1,146 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Limbach SL1700 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 50 kW (67 hp)^[2]

Performance

• Cruise speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn) (max cruise)
• Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: 3.0 m/s (590 ft/min)

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• Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1982).Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. London: Jane's Yearbooks.ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.

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