The Seahawk Condor is an American

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that was designed by Buddy Head, Bob Carswell and Dave French and produced by Seahawk Industries and later by Condor Aircraft. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page E-12. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the US

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rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a cable-braced high-wing, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in

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. The aircraft closely resembles the contemporary Quicksliver MX. The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with the wings and tail surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span wing is cable-braced from a single tube kingpost. The landing gear does not incorporate suspension. The standard powerplant supplied was the

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which produces . The aircraft has a power-off glide ratio of 7:1. The reported assembly time from the factory-supplied kit is 75 hours. The aircraft was produced in two versions, the Condor II and III.

Variants

;Condor II :Basic single seat model ;Condor III :Two seats in side-by-side configuration model with structurally strengthening. The Condor III employs a benchseat and a single shared set of controls and so can be used by heavier pilots as well as for training.

Specifications (Condor III)

References

{{reflist 1980s United States ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft