The Novaer T-Xc is a prototype two-seat
training aircraft designed and built by in
Brazil
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by
Novaer
Novaer is a manufacturer of military aircraft and landing gear based in São José dos Campos, São Paulo.
History
The company was founded in 1999 by the aerospace engineer Luiz Paulo Junqueira. The company develops and manufactures military a ...
.
Design and development
The T-Xc is a
low-wing, cantilever
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
with retractable
tricycle landing gear
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. It has an enclosed cockpit with two
side-by-side configuration
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seats. It has a single
Lycoming IO-540 piston engine in
tractor configuration.
The T-Xc was developed to replace the
Neiva Universal in
Brazilian Air Force
"Wings that protect the country"
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service. It was designed by
Joseph Kovacs based on his K-51 aerobatic aircraft project.
The prototype first flew from
São José dos Campos Airport on 22 August 2014.
A proposed development is a four-seat utility aircraft variant.
Variants
;T-Xc
:Two-seat trainer variant
;
U-Xc
:Four-seat utility aircraft
References
External links
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Aircraft first flown in 2014
Low-wing aircraft
2010s Brazilian military trainer aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft