A 582 is fitted with a three bladed wooden propellor, E type box and electric start . The complete trike is bolted to an inflatable boat with a fibre glass hull. The boat is about 3.5 metres long and 1.5 metres wide. Maximum weight is 415kg with an empty load of 211kg. A 20 litre fuel tank is fitted.
Construction is of a very high standard with welds that are almost a work of art.
Sweden is well endowed with lakes and flying the FIB offers the safest mode of trike flying over the often densly wooded and lake infested countryside. Handling on water is good with a powerful water rudder. Take off at max all up weight takes about 150metres. This combination has answered the eternal problem of a waterborne trike. I have flown a trike on conventional floats but the rubber boat combination offers the better alternative but at a cost of payload and performance.