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Built by Heffner. Text from Kitplanes magazine, July 1989. The first Flut-R-Bug was the SA-5A which was a single place design. It was Lycoming powered, and the SA-5B was Continental powered. Sales were lower than anticipated due to resistance to a single-place design. The SA-5A was redesigned as the tandem two-place SA-6B. A side-by-side two-place design, the SA-5C was prototyped but not marketed. Pre-welded kits sold for $1,100, and plans cost $35 a set. Plans were sold from August 1956 through April 1968. The Flut-R-Bug is credited with starting amateur-built aviation in Australia. A Flut-R-Bug owner reports the following: Top speed: 100 mph (161 kmh) Solo take-off distance: 80 ft (24 m) rotation speed 45 mph (72 kmh) Climb rate: 300 ft (91 m)/min Stall speed: 38 mph (61 kmh) Touchdown speed: "low forty's" Wingspan: 26 ft (7.92 m) Wing area: 130 sq.ft (12.08 sq.m) Length: 18 ft (5.49 m) Height: 6 ft (1.83 m) Empty weight: 575 lb (261 kg) Gross weight: 1,032 lb (468 kg)