2023 Apollo Fox

The fuselage is of welded steel alloy tube construction with wings made from aluminium alloy for both spars ribs. The wings fuselage are covered with “Ceconite” fabric with a factory paint finish applied.

The landing gear is a bespoke aluminium plate sheet system, as found on several Cessna designs, the wheels are equipped with hydraulic disc brakes.

All Apollo Fox aircraft feature wing fold as standard. This is easily achieved single-handedly in less than 10 minutes. Once folded, the Apollo Fox measures just 2.39m making for easy trailering compact storage.

Available in tailwheel (taildragger) or nosewheel (tricycle) configurations.

Engine: Rotax 582 UL Mod 99 (65Hp), 912UL (80 Hp), 912 ULS (100 Hp).

Propeller: 2 blades wooden or 3-4 blades plastic, fiberglass, carbon ground or air adjustable propellers.

The Apollo Fox holds type certification in Belgium, Sweden, Hungary, France, Croatia, Romania.

In 2003, an Apollo Fox equipped with a Rotax 912ULS 100 Hp engine was flown from Sármellék, Hungary, to Sydney in Australia – a distance of approx. 25.000 km which set a World record. Flying without a ground support team, the two pilots – or Kántás Csongor Lathky – proved the reliability of the aircraft type did not record a single technical problem during the entire journey.

Specifications

Power: 65 – 100 Hp

Max take-off weight: 450 kg

(472,5 kg in case of BRS installed)

Weight/Hp relation: 5.625 kg/LE

Empty weight: 265-285 kg

Max payload: 200 kg

Wingspan: 9,15 m

Wing area: 11,4 m2

Length in spelt: 5,80 m

Length with folded wings: 6,47 m

Total width with folded wings: 2,39 m

Height: 1.7 m

Fuel capacity: 60-100 l

Stall speed: 64km/h

Maximum speed: 200 km/h

Vne 220 km/h

Cruise speed: 150 km/h

Take off length: 200 m

Landing length: 200 m

Range: 800-1000 km

Max G: +4; -2

Max cabin width: 1,1 m