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Sherpa

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High wing single engine utility aircraft. Includes K-200, K-300 piston, C-400 turbo charged, and C-500T and K-300T turboprop variants.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston, Turboprop

Application

Utility

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Fixed tailwheel

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

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Sherpa Sherpa/K-200/300	1991 / 1994	2008	Baseline variants.
Sherpa C-400	2001 / 2001		Eight-seat variant (enlargement of K-300), includes C-500T: proposed eight-ten seat version.
Sherpa K-650T	2007 / 2008		Turboprop variant, includes GT1000 (eight-seater) variant.
Sherpa K-500	2011 / 2011		Piston-engined variant.
Sherpa K-600	2014 /		Six-seat, tailwheel variant, includes GT500 (five-seater) variant.

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