Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash
# Ultimate Aircraft 10 Dash

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

## 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 100 hp (75 kW) or 180 hp (134 kW) engine fitted for example a 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 engine. 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. 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 300 hp (224 kW) or 350 hp (261 kW) 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)

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

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 $m^2)$
* 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)
