Flying Legend Tucano Replica
{{Short description|Italian light-sport aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
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The Flying Legend Tucano Replica ({{langx|en|Toucan}}) is an Italian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flying Legend of Caltagirone 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. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Flying Legend is a collaborative project between MGA and Barum.
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. A fixed gear model has been developed for the US light sport aircraft market.
The aircraft is made from 2024-T3 aluminum and 6061-T6 aluminum sheet. Its {{convert|8.41|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|10.0|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and is equipped with flaps. Standard engines available are the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, with the {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 914, {{convert|141|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 915 and {{convert|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} D-Motor LF39 optional.{{cite web|url = http://www.flyinglegend.it/2012/01/18/kit-tucano/?lang=en/|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130218083046/http://www.flyinglegend.it/2012/01/18/kit-tucano/?lang=en/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 February 2013|title = Tucano Replica Kit|accessdate = 3 July 2012|last = Flying Legend|year = 2011}}
== Variants ==
An experimental military version known as the TP-75 Dulus was acquired by the Dominican Republic in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Setupgrade |date=2023-02-22 |title=The Dominican DAF acquires the Dulus TP-75 aircraft |url=https://www.flyinglegendusa.com/2023/02/22/the-dominican-air-force-acquires-the-dulus-tp-75-reconnaissance-aircraft/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Flying Legend |language=en-US}}
Specifications (Tucano Replica)
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|ref=Bayerl and Flying Legend{{cite web|url = http://www.flyinglegend.it/2012/01/17/scheda-tecnica-tucano/|title = Tucano Replica Specifications|accessdate = 3 July 2012|last = Flying Legend|year = 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331180537/http://www.flyinglegend.it/2012/01/17/scheda-tecnica-tucano/|archive-date = 31 March 2012|url-status = dead}}
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|fuel capacity={{convert|120|L}}
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Rotax 915 iS
|eng1 type=four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine
|eng1 kw=104
|eng1 hp=141
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References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130625005850/http://www.flyinglegend.it/2011/12/15/tucano/?lang=en Official website]
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