Testing in flight Flying Legend Tucano Replica

Living the aviation passion is not for everyone, and surely living it as those of the Flying Legend is not for anyone. This is a Sicilian company that is making its own way more and more in the world, thanks especially to the Tucano Replica. 

The Tucano replica, in its experimental version with retractable landing gear and variable pitch in flight, reproduces the dream of flying a fighter airplane and the feeling to be a military pilot. Thanks to its reinforced structure and its sturdy wings, the plane flies steady and allows you to perform basic acro in total safety.

The Flying Legend Tucano Replica is therefore an Italian light sports aircraft, designed and manufactured by the Flying Legend of Caltagirone (presented at the AERO fair in Friedrichshafen as early as 2011). 

You can move flaps from a toggle switch on the stick

This is a full-scale replica of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano turboprop trainer and features a low cantilever wing, an enclosed two-seat tandem cockpit, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine. A fixed undercarriage model was also developed for the US light sport aircraft (LSA) market.

Both seats are glass cockpit

The aircraft is made of 2024-T3 aluminum and 6061-T6 aluminum. Its 8.41 m wing has an area of ​​10.0 square meters and is fitted with fins. 

The new Rotax 915

Standard engines available are the 100 PS (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke engine, with the 115 PS (86 kW) Rotax 914 engine and the optional 125 PS (93 kW) D-Motor LF39.

TUCANO Flight VLOG

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

• Cruise speed: 240 km/h (150 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 (560 mi, 490 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)

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