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Meet the aircraft
The Polaris FIB places a powered hang-glider wing above an inflatable hull. The AM-FIB adds manually retractable wheels for both water and land operation.
Aircraft background
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Weight shift is part of the design
The developer describes a simulation of weight-shift control in this amphibious trike. Its retractable landing gear and boat-like hull distinguish the AM-FIB configuration, while the removable passenger changes loading. The operating reference describes these systems.
VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB · X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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[Archive-2025] Test-Drive: Polaris AM-FIB Amphibian Trike - Short 'Hop' X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS demonstrates a short AM-FIB flight in X-Plane 12.
Simulator · VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB · X-Plane 12 (2025 footage)
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Meet Polaris AM-FIB
The Polaris FIB places a powered hang-glider wing above an inflatable hull. The AM-FIB adds manually retractable wheels for both water and land operation.
VSKYLABS models this amphibious configuration. Other land-conversion options in the manufacturer's range are not included in the product.
Polaris AM-FIB
Aircraft type designators
A model-specific ICAO or FAA designator has not been confirmed in the references reviewed for this aircraft.
History & design
An inflatable boat takes wing
Polaris Motor developed the Italian Flying Inflatable Boat in the mid-1980s. The later AM-FIB added amphibious capability in the early 2000s, combining the flex-wing trike with an inflatable hull and retractable wheels.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB ↗Polaris AM-FIB, Rotax 582 simulation configuration
Which Polaris is represented
VSKYLABS began its independent project in 2017 with references supplied by Polaris Motor. It models the AM-FIB’s manually retractable landing gear. The separate land-trike conversion removes the hull, and its ski option should not be confused with the amphibious configuration.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB ↗Polaris AM-FIB, Rotax 582 simulation configuration
Systems & details
Reading speed in a simulated trike
The handbook adds smartphone flight data because a desktop simulation cannot supply the full physical sensations of the control bar. It also documents a virtual overhead throttle arrangement for easier interaction. These are simulator accommodations; the wing still uses weight-shift control.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12Polaris AM-FIB
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Polaris AM-FIB
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Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Weight shift is part of the designVSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB · X-Plane 12
The developer describes a simulation of weight-shift control in this amphibious trike. Its retractable landing gear and boat-like hull distinguish the AM-FIB configuration, while the removable passenger changes loading. The operating reference describes these systems.
Control, loading and amphibious-configuration features
VSKYLABS · Read the source ↗Amphibious FIB configurationPolaris AM-FIB · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The product specifically represents the amphibious FIB with manually retractable wheels. Other real-world conversion kits discussed in the reference are not automatically included.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Developer documentation
VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIBVSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14 VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB. Highly-Engineered Amphibian Trike for X-Plane.VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14Aircraft documentation
Polaris AM-FIB handbookVSKYLABS · AM-FIB versus FIB weights; developer handbook and simulator-specific controlsBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 2 profile choices
VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Polaris AM-FIB: Symmetric bar resistance does not assume conventional elevator-force direction.
Polaris AM-FIB
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
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