# ADI Condor

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The '''ADI Condor''' was a [motor glider](/source/motor_glider) of unusual configuration built in the United States in 1981. While most motor gliders follow traditional [sailplane](/source/sailplane) layout, the Condor was of [twin-boom](/source/twin_boom) configuration, with twin, inwardly canted tail fins joined at their tips by a common horizontal stabilizer. A [pusher propeller](/source/pusher_propeller) driven by a converted Volkswagen engine was mounted at the rear of the central [nacelle](/source/nacelle) that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem. Construction throughout was of [composite material](/source/composite_material)s.

The single example of the aircraft was destroyed in a crash in late 1982 after an engine failure.

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thumb|300px|right|Inline landing gear with on-wingtip resting is typical of sailplanes

==Specifications==
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|capacity=1 passenger
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|climb rate ms=5.1
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==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522151509/http://www.aircraftdesigns.com/experience.html Manufacturer's website, with photo]
* [http://www.aerofiles.com/_h.html aerofiles.com]

==External links==
* [https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020917X04825&key=1 NTSB report on accident]
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Category:1980s United States sailplanes
Category:Motor gliders
Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft
Category:Twin-boom aircraft
Condor
Category:Aircraft first flown in 1981
Category:Twin-tail aircraft
Category:Aircraft with fixed bicycle landing gear

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