Flying Machines FM301 Stream


The Flying Machines FM301 Stream, is a Czech ultralight trike, designed by and produced by Flying [Machines s.r.o.] of Rasošky. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
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Design and development

The FM301 was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made with a monocoque fibreglass carriage, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span Quasar wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition HKS 700E engine, with the two-stroke Rotax 582 and the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912UL or Rotax 912ULS engines optional. With the HKS powerplant 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 unusual fibreglass structural construction allows internal fuel tanks and also permits a large unobstructed baggage area. The FM301 also has a unique wing mast system that allows the wing to be assembled and mounted on the carriage single-handedly.