2015 Sequoia F.8L Falco
+6G / -3G | Smoke System Installed
- Make
- Sequoia
- Model
- F.8L Falco
- Year
- 2015
- Seller
- WilcoAviation
- Location
- Fife Airport, United Kingdom
- Condition
- Pre-owned
- Seller type
- Broker
- Total Time
- 125 h
- Engine Time
- 99 h
- Undercarriage
- Retractable Tricycle
- Seats
- 2
- Registration
- G-DAMB
Highlights
- Wilco Aviation are delighted to have this exceptional example of a Sequoia F8L Falco for sale. Listed with us exclusively G-DAMB is located at Fife Airport, Scotland.
Exterior
- 8/10
- Red with Black & White Trim
Interior
- 9/10
- Red leather
Maintenance
- PERMIT: Expires August 2024
- Airworthiness Until
- 08/31/2024
Specifications
- Seat Configuration
- 1+1
- Gross Weight
- 854 Kg
- Empty Weight
- 592 Kg
- Useful Load
- 262 Kg
- Cruise Speed
- 160 Kt
- Range
- 760 Nm
- Fuel Capacity
- 120 l
Engine
- Manufacturer, Model
- Superior Air Parts, IO-320
- Power
- 160
- Fuel Type
- Avgas 100LL
- Year
- 2017
- TTSN
- 99
- Propeller
- MT-Propeller, MTV-12
- PROP MAKE: MTV-12-C180-57
- Type
- Variable Pitch
- Blades
- 3
Avionics
- EFIS
- Dynon, SV-D1000 10"
- EFIS
- Dynon, SV-D700 7"
- Engine monitor
- Other
- 2 Axis Dynon Auto Pilot and control panel
- Air Speed Indicator (ASI)
- Altimeter
- Integrated Pilot Aware Rosetta CAS
- COM
- Garmin, GTR 225A (8.33kHz 10W)
- 8·33 kHz spaced
- XPNDR
- Garmin, GTX 328
- Audio Panel
- Garmin, GMA 240
Modifications and performance equipment
- Smoke System
- Installed
- Engine
- Vertical Power Sports breaker system
Additional Remarks
- The aircraft was designed by the renowned Italian designer Stelio Frati in 1955, with the prototype, powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C-90 engine, flying for the first time on 15 June 1955. The prototype was soon re-engined with a 135 hp (101 kW) Lycoming O-290-D2B, forming the basis for the initial production batch. It was originally built in Italy by Aviamilano then Aeromere and later Laverda.
- The aircraft is single-engined, propeller driven and designed for private and general aviation use. The Falco was sold in kit or plan form for amateur construction by the Sequoia Aircraft Company of Richmond, Virginia from the 1980s until its closure in 2014.
- The aircraft is widely considered to be one of the best handling, strongest, and most aesthetically pleasing designs ever made available to home builders. Pilots sometimes refer to the Falco as “the Ferrari of the air.”
- Performance includes a 175 knot cruise speed and full aerobatic capability, with an inverted fuel tank an optional item.
- The Falco F8L is constructed of spruce and typically Finnish birch plywood. The structure is built from laminated spruce bulkheads and the birch plywood is used for the skin. The plywood is often softened with hot steam, formed over the various structures and glued in place. The aircraft is rated for 6g positive and 3g negative.
- Reviewers Roy Beisswenger and Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as “a complex all-wooden construction in spruce and plywood and is therefore time-consuming to build. But the results in terms of weight and speed are remarkable., so much so that the Falco is considered a classic, with outstanding performance and handling.
- Length: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
- Height: 2.27 m (7 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 10.0 m2 (108 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 6.4:1
- Airfoil: NACA 64213
- Maximum speed: 325 km/h (202 mph, 175 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 296 km/h (184 mph, 160 kn)
- Stall speed: 98 km/h (61 mph, 53 kn) (30% flaps)
- Never exceed speed: 385 km/h (239 mph, 208 kn)
- Range: 1,400 km (870 mi, 760 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,700 ft)
- Rate of climb: 5.00 m/s (984 ft/min)