The Flying Legend Tucano Replica ( en,

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) is an Italian

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, designed and produced by Flying Legend of

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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.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 54. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 108. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Flying Legend is a collaborative project between MGA and Barum.

Design and development

The Tucano Replica is scale replica of the 1980s vintage

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trainer and features a cantilever

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, a two-seats-in-

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enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable

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and a single engine in

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. A fixed gear model has been developed for the US

light sport aircraft A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictio ...

market. The aircraft is made from 2024-T3 aluminum and 6061-T6 aluminum sheet. Its span wing has an area of and is equipped with flaps. Standard engines available are the

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powerplant, with the

Rotax 914 The Rotax 914 is a turbo-charged, four-stroke, four-cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engine with air-cooled cylinders and water-cooled cylinder heads. It is designed and built by the Austrian company BRP-Powertrain, owned by Bombardier R ...

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and D-Motor LF39 optional.

Variants

An experimental military version known as the TP-75 Dulus was acquired by the Dominican Republic in 2023.

Specifications (Tucano Replica)

References

External links

Official website
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