The Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash is a Canadian single-seat sport and aerobatic

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designed and built by

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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 or engine fitted for example a

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engine. It is a braced biplane with wooden wings, a welded steel tube fuselage, fixed

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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 or 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)

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