{{Short description|German homebuilt aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Seahawk | logo = | logo_size = | image = Wüst Seahawk prototype.jpg | alt = | caption = Wüst Seahawk prototype | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Amateur-built aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Germany | manufacturer = Wüst GmbH | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Prototypes only flying (2011) | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 2003 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Wüst Seahawk''' is a German amateur-built flying boat under development by Wüst GmbH. The aircraft is intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 127. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
==Design and development== The Seahawk was originally the '''Mark Flugzeugbau Shark''', but that company went out of business and Wüst continued development of the design.<ref name="WDLA11" />
The Seahawk features a cantilever shoulder-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration, mounted in a pod above the wing.<ref name="WDLA11" />
The aircraft is made from composites. Its wing mounts downturned wing tips that incorporate floats for water operations. The standard engine used is the {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 914 four-stroke turbocharged powerplant. The highly swept fin mounts the tailplane high, in a nearly T-tailed configuration. The hull incorporates a built-in step.<ref name="WDLA11" />
The aircraft prototype first flew on 29 March 2003,{{sfn|Jackson|2004|p=242}} and a second prototype was completed. A third prototype was under construction in Africa in 2010. The company indicated that kit production would likely take place in the Czech Republic.<ref name="WDLA11" />
Since 2010 the company website has disappeared and development of the Seahawk may have ceased.<ref name="Home">{{cite web|url = http://www.wuestenflug.de/|title = Wüst Seahawk|accessdate = 27 October 2012|last = Wüst GmbH|date = 27 October 2012|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030805005657/http://www.wuestenflug.de/|archivedate = 5 August 2003}}</ref> <!-- ==Operational history== --> <!-- ==Variants== --> <!-- ==Aircraft on display== -->
==Specifications (Seahawk) == {{Aero specs missing}} {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl<ref name="WDLA11" /> and Jackson{{sfn|Jackson|2004|p=242}} |prime units?=met<!-- imp or kts first for US aircraft, and UK aircraft pre-metrification, met(ric) first for all others. You MUST choose a format, or no specifications will show --> <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide=
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==References== {{reflist}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Paul |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2004–2005 |year=2004 |location=Coulsdon, Surrey, UK |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=0-7106-2614-2}} <!-- ==External links== -->
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