Flying Legend Tucano Replica
| Tucano Replica | |
|---|---|
| |
| Tucano Replica on display | |
| Role | Light-sport aircraft |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Flying Legend |
| Introduction | 2011 |
| Status | In production |
| Produced | 2011-present |
The Flying Legend Tucano Replica (English: Toucan) is an Italian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flying Legend of Caltagirone and introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2011. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]
Flying Legend is a collaborative project between MGA and Barum.[1]
Design and development[edit]
The Tucano Replica is scale replica of the 1980s vintage Embraer EMB 312 Tucano turboprop trainer and features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. A fixed gear model has been developed for the US light sport aircraft market.[1][2]
The aircraft is made from 2024-T3 aluminum and 6061-T6 aluminum sheet. Its 8.41 m (27.6 ft) span wing has an area of 10.0 m2 (108 sq ft) and is equipped with flaps. Standard engines available are the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, with the 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 , 141 hp (105 kW) Rotax 915 and 125 hp (93 kW) D-Motor LF39 optional.[1][2][3]
Variants
An experimental military version known as the TP-75 Dulus was acquired by the Dominican Republic in 2023.[4]
Specifications (Tucano Replica)[edit]
Data from Bayerl and Flying Legend[1][5]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 7.10 m (23 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.43 m (8 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 10.0 m2 (108 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
- Gross weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 120 litres (26 imp gal; 32 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 915 iS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 104 kW (141 hp)
- Propellers: 4-bladed composite
Performance
- Cruise speed: 300 km/h (190 mph, 160 kn)
- Stall speed: 75 km/h (47 mph, 40 kn) flaps up
- Never exceed speed: 330 km/h (210 mph, 178 kn)
- Range: 900 km (560 mi, 490 nmi)
- g limits: +6.0/-3.0
- Rate of climb: 8.5 m/s (1,670 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 75 kg/m2 (15 lb/sq ft)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 54. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b c Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 108. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Flying Legend (2011). "Tucano Replica Kit". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Setupgrade (22 February 2023). "The Dominican DAF acquires the Dulus TP-75 aircraft". Flying Legend. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Flying Legend (2011). "Tucano Replica Specifications". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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