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Steen Knight Twister

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Kitbuilt single piston engine aerobatic biplane.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Aerobatics

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Wood

Wing

Fabric-covered

Landing gear

Fixed tailwheel

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Steen Knight Twister Coed	/	Larger two-seater variant.
Steen SKT-1	1966 / 1966	Single-seat kitbuilt biplane trainer aircraft
Steen KT Imperial	1970 / 1970	Single-seater, uprated version with larger wings and increased speed for biplane racing, includes KT Holiday with elongated wings, and KT Acro (stressed for 9 G's).

Airframer

Steen Aero Lab LLC

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