Polaris Motor
43°15′47″N 2°40′18″E / 43.263052°N 2.6717908°E
Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | early 1980s |
Fate | Live |
Successor | Polaris Motor SL |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Ultralight F.I.B.s |
Polaris Motor srl was an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Gubbio. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes and was known for its inflatable boat trikes.[1][2]
One of the company's first products, introduced in the early 1980s, was the Skin, a conventional land trike that remained in production though 2013. The FIB ("Flying Inflatable Boat") established the company's reputation in pure flying boat form and in its AM-FIB amphibious form.[1][2]
The company carried out continuous development of its boat hulled aircraft, including refining the boat hull shape over time to improve performance on the water and in the air.[1]
By 2014 the company website was listed as "under construction" and then was taken down, and the company was out of business.It went bankrupt in 2019
Aircraft
[edit]Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Polaris Skin | early 1980s | Ultralight trike | |
Polaris FIB | mid 1980s | Flying boat ultralight trike | |
Polaris AM-FIB | 2006 | Amphibious ultralight trike |