The Tecnam P-Mentor is an Italian
light aircraft, intended for
flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
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, designed and produced by
Tecnam of
Casoria. It was introduced in April 2022 and is EASA CS-23
type certified in Europe.
The design was first unveiled at
AERO Friedrichshafen 2022.
Design and development
The P-Mentor was designed to comply with the
European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA CS-23 regulations for certified light aircraft. It was EASA CS-23 certified on 7 April 2022.
The design features a cantilever
low-wing, two-seats-in-
side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a
bubble canopy, fixed
tricycle landing gear with
wheel pants and a single engine in
tractor configuration, driving a two-bladed
variable pitch propeller.
The aircraft wing has a
light alloy spar and wing box, with a
carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon compo ...
leading edge. The span wing is equipped with slotted
flaps of 75% span, plus
frise ailerons. The standard engine employed is the
Rotax 912iSc four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...
certified powerplant.
The design uses a new tapered planform wing, employing a
laminar flow airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is the cross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine.
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, which meets the EASA CS-23 requirements for low speed handling and stall characteristics without a
ballistic parachute, although a parachute is approved and available as a factory option.
The aircraft may be equipped for
IFR
In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR).
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) ''Instrument Fly ...
flight. For training use it may be optionally equipped with a simulated retractable landing gear handle, although the landing gear does not actually retract.
Specifications
References
External links
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2020s Italian civil utility aircraft
2020s Italian civil trainer aircraft
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