Fisher Dakota Hawk

{{Short description|Canadian homebuilt light aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Dakota Hawk | logo = | logo_size = | image = DakotaHawk.jpg | alt = | caption = Fischer Dakota Hawk | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Kit aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[Canada]] | manufacturer = [[Fisher Flying Products]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 25 (2004)<ref name="KitplanesDec2004">Downey, Julia: ''Kit Aircraft Directory 2005'', Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 58. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref> | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1993 | retired = | first_flight = 1993 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} [[File:FFP Dakota Hawk.jpg|thumb|right|Dakota Hawk on display]] The '''Fisher Dakota Hawk''' is a Canadian side-by-side two-seat, [[conventional landing gear]], single-engined, high-wing [[monoplane]] [[kit aircraft]] designed for construction by amateur builders.<ref name="KitplanesDec2004" /><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 161. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec1998">Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 48. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012</ref><ref name="FisherDakotaHawk">{{cite web|url = http://www.fisherflying.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=22|title = Dakota Hawk |accessdate = 2009-10-27|last = Fisher Flying Products|authorlink = |year =}}</ref>

Fisher Flying Products was originally based in [[Edgeley, North Dakota]], [[United States|USA]] but the company is now located in [[Dorchester, Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref name="KitplanesDec2004" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="KitplanesDec1998"/><ref name="FisherDakotaHawk"/><ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 102. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 107. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref name="Dorchester">{{cite web|url = http://fisherflying.com/history-fisher-flying/|title = History of Fisher Flying|accessdate = November 2, 2021|author = Fisher Flying Products|year = 2021}}</ref>

==Development== The Dakota Hawk was designed by Fisher Aircraft in the [[United States]] in 1993 and was intended to comply with the US ''[[Homebuilt aircraft|Experimental - Amateur-built]]'' category, although it qualifies as ultralight aircraft in some countries, such as [[Canada]]. It also qualifies as US Experimental [[Light Sport Aircraft]].<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FisherDakotaHawk"/>

The construction of the Dakota Hawk is of wood, with a wooden [[geodesic]]-construction [[fuselage]] and an I-beam wing [[spar (aviation)|spar]]. The wings, tail and fuselage are covered with doped [[aircraft fabric]]. The aircraft wing has "V" [[strut]]s and [[jury strut]]s. The Dakota Hawk's main landing gear uses [[bungee cord|bungee]] suspension with hydraulic brakes and [[aircraft fairing|wheel pants]] available as options. The tail wheel is steerable and the wings fold for storage or trailering. The company claims an amateur builder can complete either aircraft from the kit in 600 hours.<ref name="KitplanesDec2004"/><ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FisherDakotaHawk"/>

The specified engines for the Dakota Hawk include the following four-stroke aircraft engines:<ref name="KitplanesDec2004"/><ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FisherDakotaHawk"/><ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/> *{{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-170|Continental A65]] *{{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912UL]] *{{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-190|Continental C85]] *{{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-200]] *{{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912ULS]] *{{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Jabiru 3300]]

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==See also== {{aircontent  |see also= |related= |similar aircraft= *[[Aeronca 11 Chief]] *[[Denney Kitfox]] *[[Light Aero Avid Flyer]] *[[Murphy Rebel]] |lists= }}

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==External links== {{commons category|Fisher Dakota Hawk}} *[http://www.fisherflying.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=22 Official website] *[http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Fisher-Dakota-Hawk/1051866/L/&tbl=&photo_nr=22&sok=&sort=&prev_id=1051867&next_id=1051865 Photo of Dakota Hawk on Airliners.net]

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