ADI Condor

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Condor
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RoleMotorglider
National originUnited States
Manufacturer ADI
First flight 1981
Number built1

The ADI Condor was a motor glider of unusual configuration built in the United States in 1981. While most motor gliders follow traditional sailplane layout, the Condor was of twin-boom configuration, with twin, inwardly canted tail fins joined at their tips by a common horizontal stabilizer. A pusher propeller driven by a converted Volkswagen engine was mounted at the rear of the central nacelle that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem. Construction throughout was of composite materials.

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The single example of the aircraft was destroyed in a crash in late 1982 after an engine failure.

Inline landing gear with on-wingtip resting is typical of sailplanes CondorSelfLaunchOnGround.jpg
Inline landing gear with on-wingtip resting is typical of sailplanes

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General characteristics

Performance

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