Quicksilver GT400/500

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High wing ultralight with single piston pusher.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Ultralight

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Fabric-covered

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Quicksilver GT500	1994 / 1994		Two-seat tandem light sport plane with tapered, double surface wings

Airframer

Quicksilver Aeronautics LLC

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