Not to be too cynical about it, but at a distance, one high-wing light sport aircraft looks about like another and it’s no surprise they fly alike, too. In a world dominated by polished composite sameness, how to stand out? FK Lightplanes’ formula is a diminutive sport biplane it calls the FK12 Comet, which no one would ever mistake for an Evektor or a Remos at any distance.
In fact, if one goal of the LSA rule was to spur creativity, FK ought to be in line for some sort of award, given how unusual the FK12 is and for another of its designs, the FK14, which sports, in one version, a low wing and two side-by-side open cockpits.