10 Dash
Role Aerobatic sport biplane
National origin Canada
Manufacturer Ultimate Aircraft Corporation
First flight 6 October 1985

The Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash is a Canadian single-seat sport and aerobatic biplane designed and built by Ultimate Aircraft Corporation of Guelph, Ontario.[1][2]

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.[1] The first prototype 10 Dash 100 first flew on 6 October 1985.[1] It is designed to have either a 100 hp (75 kW) or 180 hp (134 kW) engine fitted for example a 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 engine.[1] It is a braced biplane with wooden wings, a welded steel tube fuselage, fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and a single open cockpit.[1] An aerobatic variant, the 10 Dash 200, is powered by a 180-200 hp engine.[1] A competition aerobatic variant, the 10 Dash 300 can be fitted with either a 300 hp (224 kW) or 350 hp (261 kW) Lycoming engine with a three-bladed propeller.[1] The 10 Dash 300 has a longer fuselage and longer-span wings with full-span symmetrical ailerons.[1] A tandem two-seat variant, the 20 Dash 300, also joined the family.[1]

Variants

10 Dash 100
Basic single-seat sport variant.[1]
10 Dash 200
Single-seat aerobatic variant.[1][2]
10 Dash 300
Higher-power single-seat competition variant.[1][2]
20 Dash 300
Tandem two-seat variant with a single-piece bubble canopy.[1][2]

Specifications (10 Dash 300)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
  • Wingspan: 19 ft 6 in (5.95 m)
  • Wing area: 120 sq ft (11.15 m2)
  • Empty weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,650 lb (748 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming engine , 300 or 350 hp (224 or 261 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 mph (402 km/h, 220 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 190 mph (305 km/h, 170 kn)
  • Range: 900 mi (1,448 km, 780 nmi)
  • g limits: +7/-5
  • Roll rate: 360°/sec
  • Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (15.2 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ultimate Aircraft 10-300.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Taylor 1989, p. 538
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, pages 73-74. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

Bibliography

  • Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1989). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0896-9.
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