The Flying Legend Tucano Replica () 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.
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 span wing has an area of and is equipped with flaps. Standard engines available are the Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, with the Rotax 914, Rotax 915 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