SSDR Fisher FP-505 Skeeter Kit - part built
Being sold at a huge loss at 2,500

Disaster. The build of a Fisher FP-505 Skeeter SSDR was going well but has now stopped. I have had to give up on learning to fly. Apparently, I should have started about 30 years ago, not at 67.

One wing and the tail surfaces are built, and everything is ready to progress, but I m sure you can understand that I have run out of motivation to continue.

After a great deal of research the Fisher 505 was chosen because of style, simplicity of build, performance, value-for-money and looks, all of which boxes it ticks the kit cost around 8,500.

Anyone finishing this kit will finish up with a terrific little aeroplane. The package consists of a full set of plans, all the wood, tubing and hardware supplied, a package of epoxy adhesives, a revised, recently delivered and unopened undercarriage kit, wheels, covering fabric, fuel tank and fibreglass cowling.

I had not chosen an engine yet, but the manufacturer suggests 40hp, so there is a good variety of 2-stroke engines available at sensible money. If you are a lightweight person, 90kg or below (I m not), the possibility of a 2-cylinder VW 4-stroke engine is open to you.

My workshop in Norwich has a laser-levelled table upon which the wing and tail surfaces were built. The other wing and the basic fuselage could also be assembled on it, so I could possibly build them for you, leaving a relatively simple assembly job with the alignment-critical jobs done. To build them for you would take a maximum of 4 months.

To discuss any arrangements that would suit you, please call me, Nick, on 07958 332 462.