The Ultimate 10-200 is a Canadian

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that was designed produced by Streamline Welding of

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, introduced in the 1990s. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 264. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.

Design and development

The aircraft started out as a replacement set of wings for the Pitts Special and eventually a new fuselage was designed to go with the wing set. The resulting aircraft features a

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biplane layout, with

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, interplane struts and flying wires, a single-seat, enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed

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with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from metal with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its wing span is only . The acceptable power range varies by each model. Standard equipment includes an inverted fuel system and rear-hinged canopy. Operational g loads are +7 and -5 g. The aircraft has a roll rate of 360 degrees per second. The 10-200 version has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is . The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is . The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1200 hours.

Operational history

In March 2014 six examples were registered in the United States with the

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, although a total of 12 had been registered at one time. Also in March 2014 two were registered in Canada with

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Variants

;Ultimate 10-180 :Model powered by the Lycoming O-360 powerplant ;Ultimate 10-200 :Model powered by the Lycoming IO-360 powerplant ;Ultimate 10-300 :Model powered by the Lycoming IO-540 powerplant

Specifications (Ultimate 10-200)

References

External links

Photo of an Ultimate 10-200
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