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 |
| Unit cost |
€130,000 (assembled, 2011) |
The Flying Legend Tucano Replica (English: Toucan) is an Italian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flying Legend of Caltagirone and introduced in 2011. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]
Flying Legend is a collaborative project between MGA and Barum.[1]
Design and development
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.[1]
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 optional.[1][2]
Specifications (Tucano Replica)
Data from Bayerl and Flying Legend[1][3]
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: 371 kg (818 lb)
- Gross weight: 595 kg (1,312 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 84 litres (18 imp gal; 22 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed composite
Performance
- Cruising speed: 240 km/h (149 mph; 130 kn)
- Stall speed: 75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn) flaps up
- Never exceed speed: 295 km/h (183 mph; 159 kn)
- Range: 900 km (559 mi; 486 nmi)
- g limits: +4.4/-2.2
- Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s (1,080 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 59.5 kg/m2 (12.2 lb/sq ft)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 54. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ Flying Legend (2011). "Tucano Replica Kit". Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ↑ Flying Legend (2011). "Tucano Replica Specifications". Retrieved 3 July 2012.