# Fournier RF-9

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French / German touring motor glider, 1977

RF-9 Fournier RF-9 motorglider F-CARF at Midden-Zeeland Airport (EHMZ), April 1, 1989 General information Type Motorglider National origin France Designer René Fournier History First flight 13 January 1977

The **Fournier RF-9** is a two-seat [motorglider](/source/Motorglider) of conventional sailplane configuration. Originally produced in [France](/source/France), manufacturing was later taken over by [ABS Aircraft](/source/ABS_Aircraft) in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), and then by Gomolzig in [Germany](/source/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](/source/1977_in_aviation). 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.[\[1\]](https://thelittleaviationmuseum.au/planes/fournier-rf-9/)

## Specifications (RF-9)

*Data from* Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83[1]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** 2

- **Length:** 7.86 m (25 ft 9 in)

- **Wingspan:** 17.00 m (55 ft 9 in)

- **Height:** 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

- **Wing area:** 18.00 m2 (193.8 sq ft)

- **[Aspect ratio](/source/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)):** 16.1:1

- **Empty weight:** 520 kg (1,146 lb)

- **Max takeoff weight:** 750 kg (1,653 lb)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × Limbach SL1700 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 50 kW (67 hp) [2]

**Performance**

- **Cruise speed:** 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn) (max cruise)

- **Stall speed:** 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)

- **Range:** 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)

- **Service ceiling:** 3,000 m (9,800 ft)

- **Rate of climb:** 3.0 m/s (590 ft/min)

## See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Fournier RF-9](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fournier_RF-9).

- [Fournier RF 4](/source/Fournier_RF_4)

- [Fournier RF 5](/source/Fournier_RF_5)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1982592,_616–617,_622_1-0)** [Taylor 1982](#CITEREFTaylor1982), pp. 592, 616–617, 622.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1980586_2-0)** [Taylor 1980](#CITEREFTaylor1980), p. 586.

- [Taylor, John W. R.](/source/John_W._R._Taylor), ed. (1980). *Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81*. London: Jane's. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7106-0705-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7106-0705-9).

- [Taylor, John W. R.](/source/John_W._R._Taylor), ed. (1982). *Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83*. London: Jane's Yearbooks. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7106-0748-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7106-0748-2).

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