The Skyeton K-10 Swift is a two-seat, single-engine
light sports or
ultralight aircraft designed in
Ukraine
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.
Design and development
The Skyeton Swift is a conventionally laid out single-engine, high-wing light aircraft with side-by-side seating for two. The wings have constant chord, each braced with a single
lift strut to the lower fuselage
longeron
In engineering, a longeron and stringer is the load-bearing component of a framework.
The term is commonly used in connection with aircraft fuselages and automobile chassis. Longerons are used in conjunction with stringers to form structural ...
. They use a single metal spar and have
stressed skin metal upper surfaces and leading edges, combined with fabric covered lower surfaces aft of the spar. Fabric covered
ailerons and inboard
slotted flaps together occupy the whole of the wing trailing edges. The wings carry 2.17°
dihedral.
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The Swift's fuselage is built around four welded steel longerons and skinned with composite materials. Behind the cabin the fuselage diameter decreases markedly to the tail. The fin leading edge and the rudder hinge are both strongly swept but the trailing edge of the rudder, which carries an electrically operated
trim tab, is only slightly swept. The tailplane and single piece elevator, also tabbed, are set well back, with the tailplane leading edge behind the rudder hinge. A small triangular underfin provides more vertical stabilizer area. A fixed
tricycle undercarriage
Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in the front, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle ge ...
is mounted on the lower fuselage with cantilever legs. The wheels are
spatted and the nosewheel steerable.
The Swift can be fitted with one of two
Rotax 912
The Rotax 912 is a horizontally-opposed four-cylinder, naturally aspirated, four-stroke aircraft engine with a reduction gearbox. It features liquid-cooled cylinder heads and air-cooled cylinders. Originally equipped with carburetors, late ...
flat-four engines: the 59 kW (79 hp) 912UL or the 74 kW (99 hp) 912ULS. Both engines drive three-bladed propellers.
The Swift first flew in October 2006 and was developed into two versions. The first, designated K-10(02) Swift or ULM (ultra leger motorise), is aimed at the French ultralight market and gained French approval in 2009. The second version is targeted at the North American market and designated K-10(01) or LSA (for the US
Light Sport Aircraft category). This has a wingspan increase of 600 mm, greater fuel capacity and a higher maximum take-off weight.
As of May 2019, the Swift is no longer mentioned on the manufacturer's website, indicating production was terminated.
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Operational history
Eight Swifts
are on the Ukrainian civil register, one on the Russian
and six more on the French register.
One Swift has been manufactured in the US by SkyetonAmerica of
Bettendorf, Iowa.
Specifications (K-10(01))
References
External links
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2000s Ukrainian civil aircraft
Light-sport aircraft
Ultralight aircraft