Olympic Desert Eagle
The Olympic Desert Eagle was an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Olympic Ultralights of Port Angeles, Washington. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction. Design and development. The Desert Eagle featured a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration semi-enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear without wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft was made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span wing which mounted flaps, had an  area of and was supported by "V" struts and jury struts. The cabin width was . The acceptable power range was and the standard engine used was a Motavia powerplant. The Desert Eagle had a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With standard full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage was . The standard day, sea level, no-wind takeoff run with a engine was and the landing roll was . Factory options included optional fuel tanks of and capacity. The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit to  be 240 hours. Operational history. In February 2015 no examples were currently registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, as the sole one's registration had expired on 30 September 2013.