Team Tango Foxtrot
{{Short description|American homebuilt aircraft}}
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The Team Tango Foxtrot, or Foxtrot 4, is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Team Tango of Williston, Florida. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction, with or without factory builder assistance.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 123. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 71. Belvoir Publications. {{ISSN|0891-1851}}
Design and development
The Foxtrot was developed as a four-seat version of the Tango 2 and shares many of the two-seater's features. The Foxtrot has a cantilever low-wing, a four-seat enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The rear seats have limited visibility.
The aircraft is made from composites. Its {{convert|32|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing employs a NACA 64-415 airfoil, has an area of {{convert|128|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} and mounts flaps. The engines recommended are Lycoming Engines of {{convert|200|to|350|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|url = http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html|title = The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage|accessdate = 3 January 2012|last = Lednicer|first = David|authorlink = |year = 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100420012244/http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html|archive-date = 20 April 2010|url-status = dead}}
Operational history
By October 2012 three examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=FOXTROT&PageNo=1|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 24 October 2012|last = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 24 October 2012}}
Specifications (Foxtrot)
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://revolutionaviation.net/}}
- [http://our-rv7a.com/places_we_visited/images_2011/2011_oshkosh/28_team_tango_foxtrot4.jpg Photo of a Foxtrot]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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