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The OMA SUD Skycar is an Italian twin-engined five-seat piston-engined

pusher configuration In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...

monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...

designed and built by OMA SUD SpA based in

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Design and development

The Skycar is an unusual twin-engined pusher-configuration high-wing monoplane with twin vertical tails with a high-mounted single

horizontal stabiliser A tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabiliser, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed-wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplan ...

. The Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 piston engines are mounted on the trailing edge of each mainplane. The prototype first flew on 21 December 2007 and was first displayed in public at the 2009 Paris Air Show. The Skycar was issued with a European Aviation Safety Agency Type Certificate on 8 January 2010. The Skycar was designed for both the

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market and

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market. The Skycar was issued FAA Type Certificate A63CE on 14 March 2011.

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Photograph of a Skycar in flight
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