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Steen Pitts S1

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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

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

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

Biplane

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Steen Pitts S1-C	1955 / 1955		Single-seat flatwing aerobatic biplane, benchmark version.
Steen Pitts S1-SS	1990 / 1990		Single-seat aerobatic biplane, 4-aileron design.

Airframer

Steen Aero Lab LLC

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