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Carlson Sparrow

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Kitbuilt high wing single piston light aircraft. Includes Sport Special, Sparrow II and XTC variants.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Sport, Ultralight

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

Aluminium

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
Carlson Sparrow II XTC	2007 / 2007		Two-seat side-by-side, high wing, single-engine ultralight aircraft

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