{{Short description|French / German touring motor glider, 1977}} {{Infobox aircraft | name=RF-9 | image=F-CARF_Fournier_RF-9_EHMZ_1989-04-01).JPG | caption=Fournier RF-9 motorglider F-CARF at Midden-Zeeland Airport (EHMZ), April 1, 1989 | type=Motorglider | national_origin=France | manufacturer= | designer=[[René Fournier (aircraft designer)|René Fournier]] | first_flight=13 January 1977 | introduction= | retired= | status= | primary_user= | number_built= | developed_from= | variants= }}
The '''Fournier RF-9''' is a two-seat [[motorglider]] of conventional sailplane configuration. Originally produced in [[France]], manufacturing was later taken over by [[ABS Aircraft]] in [[Switzerland]], and then by Gomolzig in [[Germany]]. The pilot and passenger are accommodated side-by-side, and the aircraft's wings are foldable for ease of storage. It first flew in [[1977 in aviation|1977]]. 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.[https://thelittleaviationmuseum.au/planes/fournier-rf-9/]
==Specifications (RF-9)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83{{sfn|Taylor|1982|pp=592, 616–617, 622}}<!-- reference --> |prime units?=met <!-- General characteristics --> |crew=2 |length m=7.86 |span m=17.00 |height m=1.93 |wing area sqm=18.00 |aspect ratio=16.1:1 |empty weight kg=520 |max takeoff weight kg=750 <!-- Powerplant -->
|eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Limbach SL1700 |eng1 type=4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine |eng1 kw=50 |eng1 note={{sfn|Taylor|1980|p=586}} <!-- Performance --> |cruise speed kmh=170 |cruise speed note=(max cruise) |stall speed kmh=65 |range km=1000 |ceiling m=3000 |climb rate ms=3.0 }}
==See also== {{commons category|Fournier RF-9}} * [[Fournier RF 4]] * [[Fournier RF 5]] ==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |editor-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81 |year=1980 |location=London |publisher=Jane's |isbn=0-7106-0705-9}} * {{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |editor-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83 |year=1982 |location=London |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |isbn=0-7106-0748-2}}
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