Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash

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10 Dash
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RoleAerobatic sport biplane
National originCanada
ManufacturerUltimate Aircraft Corporation
First flight6 October 1985

The Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash is a Canadian single-seat sport and aerobatic biplane designed and built by Ultimate Aircraft Corporation of Guelph, Ontario. [1] [2]

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Design and development

The 10 Dash Model 100 was designed as sport biplane that could be either bought assembled or for amateur construction from either plans or a kit. [1] The first prototype 10 Dash 100 first flew on 6 October 1985. [1] It is designed to have either a 100 hp (75 kW) or 180 hp (134 kW) engine fitted for example a 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 engine. [1] It is a braced biplane with wooden wings, a welded steel tube fuselage, fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and a single open cockpit. [1] An aerobatic variant, the 10 Dash 200, is powered by a 180-200 hp engine. [1] A competition aerobatic variant, the 10 Dash 300 can be fitted with either a 300 hp (224 kW) or 350 hp (261 kW) Lycoming engine with a three-bladed propeller. [1] The 10 Dash 300 has a longer fuselage and longer-span wings with full-span symmetrical ailerons. [1] A tandem two-seat variant, the 20 Dash 300, also joined the family. [1]

Variants

10 Dash 100
Basic single-seat sport variant. [1]
10 Dash 200
Single-seat aerobatic variant. [1] [2]
10 Dash 300
Higher-power single-seat competition variant. [1] [2]
20 Dash 300
Tandem two-seat variant with a single-piece bubble canopy. [1] [2]

Specifications (10 Dash 300)

Data fromJane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Taylor 1989, p. 538
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, pages 73-74. Belvoir Publications. ISSN   0891-1851

Bibliography

  • Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1989). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN   0-7106-0896-9.