Flylab Tucano

{{Short description|Italian ultralight aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Flylab Tucano | logo = | logo_size = | image = EDKR Bergfliegen 2011 042.jpg | alt = | caption = Flylab Tucano V | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[Italy]] | manufacturer = [[Ferrari ULM]]<br />Flylab | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = In production | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = [[Chotia Weedhopper]] | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Flylab Tucano''' ({{langx|en|[[Toucan]]}}) is an Italian [[ultralight aircraft]], produced by Flylab, of [[Ischitella]]. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]] or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. The aircraft was produced in the 1990s by [[Ferrari ULM]] of [[Castelbaldo]].<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 54. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 55. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 158. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

==Design and development== The Tucano is a derivative of the [[Chotia Weedhopper]] and was designed to comply with the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] microlight rules with the design goal of being a low-cost aircraft. It features a [[strut-braced]] [[parasol wing]], a two-seats-in-[[side-by-side configuration]] enclosed or open cockpit, fixed [[tricycle landing gear]] or floats and a single engine in [[pusher configuration]] or on some models twin engines in centreline thrust arrangement.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/>

The aircraft is made from bolted-together [[aluminum]] tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in [[Dacron]] sailcloth. Its {{convert|10.17|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|17|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and is supported by V-struts and [[jury struts]]. There is a [[cabane strut]] that passes through the windshield and cockpit area. The aircraft is built around a central bent aluminum keel tube that runs from the cockpit to the tail. Controls are standard three-axis type. Standard engines available are the {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 503]] and {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] [[two-stroke]] powerplants. The fuel tank is of plastic construction, mounted under the pusher engine. The Tucano V has a [[glide ratio]] of 11:1.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/>

==Variants== [[File:EDKR Bergfliegen 2011 043.jpg|thumb|right|Tucano V]] ;Tucano :Base model with [[Rotax 582]] powerplant.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucanoe.htm |title=Tucano By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano V :Improved model, with aerodynamic clean-ups and enclosed cockpit<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="flylab1">{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucanove.htm |title=Tucano V By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano HV :A Tucano V mounted on floats (''hydro'').<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucanohe.htm |title=Tucano HV By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano Delta3 :Open cockpit model powered by a [[Rotax 503]]<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucanod3e.htm |title=Tucano Delta3 By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano HD3 :Float-equipped model based on the Tucano Delta3, powered by a [[Rotax 503]]<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucanohd3e.htm |title=Tucano HD3 By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano HD3A :Amphibious float-equipped model based on the Tucano HD3, powered by a [[Rotax 503]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucanohd3ae.htm |title=Tucano HD3A By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano Delta3 TW :Twin-engined (''TW'') version with [[Rotax 582]] engines mounted in the nose and aft of the cockpit, based on the Tucano Delta3<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucano2e.htm |title=Tucano Delta3 TW By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano Delta3 VTW :Twin-engined version with [[Rotax 582]] engines mounted in the nose and aft of the cockpit, with the Tucano V aerodynamic and cockpit refinements<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylab.it/tucano2ve.htm |title=Tucano Delta3 VTW By Flylab |publisher=Flylab.it |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> ;Tucano X2 :Twin-engined version with [[Rotax 582]] engines mounted in the nose and aft of the cockpit, produced in the 1990s by [[Ferrari ULM]].<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

==Specifications (Tucano V) == [[File:EDKR Bergfliegen 2011 044.jpg|thumb|right|Tucano V]] {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl and Flylab<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="flylab1"/> |prime units?=met  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m=6.30 |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m=10.17 |span ft= |span in= |span note= |height m=2.25 |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm=16.99 |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=225 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=450 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|76|L}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Rotax 582]] |eng1 type=twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, [[two stroke]] [[aircraft engine]] |eng1 kw=48 |eng1 hp=

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|max speed kmh=165 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=125 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=52 |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh=170 |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio=11:1 |climb rate ms=5.5 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2=26.49 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.flylab.it/}}

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