EMBRAER EMB 312 TUCANO

The 'Embraer EMB 312 Tucano' is a two seat turboprop basic trainer developed in Brazil. Its first flight was in 1980 and initial production units were delivered in 1983.
It is designated T-27 in FAB (Brazilian Air Force) service. There is a light attack version, the AT-27 of which the FAB purchased 133 units. It is the aerobatic plane of the Brazilian Air Force Demonstration Squadron (Esquadrilha da Fumaça).
It is also operated by the UK RAF and others in an up-rated variant known as the Shorts Tucano, built by the Shorts company and fitted with an 1100 shp Garrett engine instead of the 750 shp PWC PT-6 of the EMB 312.
The Tucano family of aircraft became one of the greatest Embraer selling success with 600 units produced.
The Super Tucano was a losing contender in the USA's Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPTATS) aircraft selection of the 1990s. Among the seven to enter, the Raytheon/Piilatus entry won, which became the T-6 Texan II. Embraer worked with Northrop, and partway through the competition Northrop Grumman (Northrop and Grumman merged).

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Variants

Operators

Specifications (standard EMB 312)

References

External links

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Variants

;EMB-312 : The standard production model.
;T-27 : Two-seat basic training aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force.
;AT-27 : Two-seat light attack version for the Brazilian Air Force.
;EMB-312F : 80 units sold to France of model with French avionics.
;Shorts Tucano : 130 aircraft to RAF, plus 12 for Kenya and 16 for Kuwait with a different, and more powerful, engine and custom avionics.
;EMB-312H : a Northrop/Emb. developed Prototype for USAF (JPATS) competition for an advanced trainer, from which derived EMB-314 EMB-314 Super Tucano (ALX) now in production for FAB.

Operators

;: 8 units bought from Peru
;: 30 units
;
;: 14 units (standard Tucanos)
;: 10 units
;: 134 with 10 units produced under license by Helwan
;: 80 units
;: 12 units
;: 25 units
;
;: 8 units (3 units deactivate in later 1999)
;: 30 units (8 units resold to Angola)
;: 31 units

Specifications (standard EMB 312)

★ 'Engine:' Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25C of 750 shp

★ 'Propeller:' three-bladed

★ 'Maximum speed:' 448 km/h

★ 'Cruise speed:' 319 km/h

★ 'Top altitude:' 9144 m

★ 'Maximum range:' 2055 km

★ 'Wingspan:' 11.14 m

★ 'Length:' 9.89 m

★ 'Weight:' 1810 kg

★ 'Maximum takeoff weight:' 3175 kg

★ 'Weapons:' 4 underwing pylons, 12.7mm machine guns, rockets and bombs may be loaded.

References

External links

★ Aircraft of Brazilian Air Force

★ Embraer Homepage

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