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Steen Skybolt

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Kitbuilt single piston engine aerobatic biplane. Includes radial-engined Skybolt R variant.

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

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	Notes
Steen Skybolt R	/	Radial-engined variant, in development.
Steen Skybolt S	1970 / 1970	Single-seat home-built open-cockpit aerobatic biplane.
Steen Skybolt D	1975 / 1975	Three-section upper wing configuration, also known as Skybolt Delta.
Steen Skybolt Starfire	1977 / 1975	Increased speed variant.

Airframer

Steen Aero Lab LLC

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