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Quad City Challenger is a ultralight aircraft. It was built by Quad City Aircraft Corporation.
Ultralight aircraft
Quad City Aircraft Corporation
In production (2018)
3,571 (2011)
1983-present
1983
Excalibur Aircraft Excalibur
one
one passenger and 500 lb (227 kg) useful load
20 ft (6.1 m)
31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
177 sq ft (16.4 m 2 )
460 lb (209 kg)
960 lb (435 kg)
1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, inline, two stroke , piston aircraft engine , 50 hp (37 kW)
96 mph (154 km/h, 83 kn)
85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn)
28 mph (45 km/h, 24 kn)
100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
200 mi (320 km, 170 nmi)
750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)
5.42 lb/sq ft (26.5 kg/m 2 )
19.2 lb/hp (0.087 kW/kg)
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Quad City Challenger equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Air Force exact named Quad City Challenger II equipment holdings under AIRCRAFT, Light. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. This is the named service only, not a national or parent-force total, factory production, ordered future units or combat-readiness measure. Weapons per vessel, crews, payloads and capacity counts are excluded. Own article explicitly declares ChallengerII in this family. The source proves Venezuelan AirForce use; civil production, completed kits and other Challenger models are excluded.