Flight Design's F2 is An All-Around, All-Composite Light Sport Aircraft

Flight Design’s F2 is An All-Around, All-Composite Light Sport Aircraft

Julie Boatman

Monday, April 05, 2021 at 03:58 PM ET

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The clean-sheet design that comprises the F2 comes from the rebirth of the company that created it. Glenn Watson

Key Takeaways:

The Flight Design F2 is a new light-sport aircraft praised for its exceptional stability and ease of handling, making it highly forgiving even in slow flight and stall conditions.
It features advanced avionics, a robust carbon-fiber airframe, and unique safety systems such as AmSafe airbags and a BRS ballistic parachute.
Under new ownership, Flight Design has revitalized its manufacturing, leading to improved build quality and innovative designs like an intuitive single-lever throttle-and-brake system and an overhauled landing gear.
The F2 is positioned as a versatile aircraft, suitable for both recreational flying and flight training, offering strong performance and a comfortable, well-equipped cockpit.

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The angle of attack readout on the PFD wasn’t the first thing that caught my attention. No, that would be the unending cry of the audible stall warning as we just couldn’t catch a break. We began a steady descent, nose high, and slowed somewhere below 39 knots.

We were flying rather well, all things considered; I could maneuver the F2 around within this part of the envelope, practically begging it to fall off and drop its nose past the horizon. It didn’t comply. Instead, with a little push of the stick and throttle, we flew right out of the deep end of the slow flight regime as soon as the airplane was asked.