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10 Dash
Role Aerobatic sport biplaneType of aircraft
National origin Canada
Manufacturer Ultimate Aircraft Corporation
First flight 6 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.

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. The first prototype 10 Dash 100 first flew on 6 October 1985. 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. 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. An aerobatic variant, the 10 Dash 200, is powered by a 180-200 hp engine. 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. The 10 Dash 300 has a longer fuselage and longer-span wings with full-span symmetrical ailerons. A tandem two-seat variant, the 20 Dash 300, also joined the family.

Variants

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

Specifications (10 Dash 300)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
  • Wingspan: 19 ft 6 in (5.95 m)
  • Wing area: 120 sq ft (11.15 m)
  • Empty weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,650 lb (748 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming engine , 300 or 350 hp (224 or 261 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 mph (402 km/h, 220 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 190 mph (305 km/h, 170 kn)
  • Range: 900 mi (1,448 km, 780 nmi)
  • g limits: +7/-5
  • Roll rate: 360°/sec
  • Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (15.2 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

Notes

  1. ^ Taylor 1989, p. 538
  2. ^ 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.
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