J & J Ultralights Tukan

{{Short description|American ultralight trike}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Tukan | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight trike]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[United States]] | manufacturer = [[J & J Ultralights]]<br />[[Leading Edge Air Foils]]<br />[[Kemmeries Aviation]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 30 (February 2000) | 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 = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''J & J Ultralights Tukan''' ({{langx|en|Toucan}}) is an American [[ultralight trike]] that was marketed by [[J & J Ultralights]], [[Leading Edge Air Foils]] and [[Kemmeries Aviation]]. The aircraft was supplied as a kit, as parts and as plans for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="Cliche">Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page C-29. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}</ref><ref name="Raisner">Raisner, William: ''LEAF catalog'', page 416. Leading Edge Airfoils, 1995.</ref><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000">Downey, Julia: ''2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 46. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851</ref>

==Design and development== The aircraft was designed to comply with the US [[FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles]] rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of {{convert|254|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of {{convert|250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. It features a [[Flying wires|cable-braced]] [[hang glider]]-style [[high wing]], weight-shift controls, an open cockpit, [[tricycle landing gear]] and a single engine in [[pusher configuration]].<ref name="Cliche" />

The aircraft is made from bolted-together [[aluminum]] tubing, with its single-surface wing covered in [[Dacron]] sailcloth. Its {{convert|35|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing is supported by a single tube-type [[kingpost]] and uses an "A" frame control bar. The landing gear uses [[fiberglass]] rods for mainwheel suspension and the nosewheel features a drum brake. The pilot is accommodated on a seat that can be quickly converted into a [[tandem]] second seat. The standard wing supplied was a J & J single-surface wing, but other wings of suitable gross weight can be used. The specified powerplant is the {{convert|40|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 447]] twin-cylinder, [[two-stroke]], single-ignition aircraft engine.<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000" />

Assembly time from the kit is about 30 hours. The aircraft can be disassembled for ground transport in a van or pickup truck or storage by one person in 25 minutes. The Tukan can be used for [[crop spraying]] and also hang glider towing. Thirty examples were reported as completed and flying in February 2000.<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="Raisner" /><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000" />

==Specifications (J & J Tukan) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Cliche and Kitplanes<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000" /> |prime units?=imp  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft=7 |length in= |length note= |span m= |span ft=35 |span in= |span note= |height m= |height ft=10.6 |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft=190 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=250 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=750 |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|5|u.s.gal}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Rotax 447]] |eng1 type=twin cylinder, [[two-stroke]], single ignition aircraft engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=40

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|max speed kmh= |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph=40 |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph=24 |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |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=15000 |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin=750 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==See also== {{aircontent  |see also= *[[J & J Ultralights]] *[[J & J Ultralights Seawing]] |related= |similar aircraft= |lists= }}

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050620084157/http://www.jjultralight.com/ J & J website archives] on [[Archive.org]] *[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YP5mmQddi9A/Rq0evwdWwwI/AAAAAAAAAN8/X-l5WGUj9Jc/s400/Tukan+trike.jpg Photo of J & J Tukan]

{{DEFAULTSORT:J and J Ultralights Tukan}} [[Category:1990s United States ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft]] [[Category:Ultralight trikes]] [[Category:J&J Ultralights aircraft|Tukan]] [[Category:Leading Edge Air Foils aircraft]] [[Category:Parasol-wing aircraft]]