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Canaero Toucan ultralight, experimental lightsport, amateur built aircraft.

Original Manufacturer Canaero Dynamics
No longer in business/No longer in production.

This Canadian Ultralight, is a two place tandem, twin engine inline; hence the descriptive ultralight "2plus2".
Like many pilots I am an enthusiastic owner; these Toucan models deserve more exposure.

This plane flies in Canada as a basic ultralight under the CARS which permit up to a 1200 lb gross with under a 45 mph stall.

The original Canaero-Toucan in this design type was powered by two Rotax 277 engines. Mine was upgraded to Rotax 447s, then 447 + 503; it is now powered by two Rotax 503s. This gives it excellent performance off water or land.

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It was thrilling to experience my first flights in a pair of Toucans, especially with two pilots and one engine performance. Of course the popular Challenger has flown for many years with one Rotax 503 and two pilots, ditto for Chinook and other similar two place planes.

There are so many excellent experimental, LSA and ultralight airplanes (Canada, experimental read "amateur built" and LSA read "Advanced Ultralights"). In my location, the terrain is very formidable and unforgiving; I have been flying a wonderful ultralight Lazair, it has two engines, which can buy some time - even at that landing opportunities are very few and far between.

So the Toucan presents redundancy along with two place mode and range. In fact it flies quite well on one engine, with no asymmetrical issues. It gives up the out in the wind feeling of a Lazair, but it retains a lot of the same excellent flying characteristics, with a higher cruise and payload. My Lazair could land in the low 20 mph range, the Toucan can do it in the mid to low 30s with one up.

These Toucans were factory built, my fuselage is constructed of 4130 steel web format; were as some early prototypes were worked up using aircraft grade aluminum. I know of one existing version in this mode, serial #001 - mine is serial # 007. My Toucan has full span junker flaperons, while my friend's newly restored version has ailerons and flaps. His has some other neat mods, which we will present on another page.

This Canadian Ultralight, is a two place tandem, twin engine inline; hence the descriptive ultralight "2plus2".
Help us find more of these planes and maybe you can join the fun; we think there were about 50 made and a few went off shore.

At the moment we only know of three flying in Canada.
These planes fly in Canada as a basic ultralight under the CARS which permit up to a 1200 lb gross with under a 45 mph stall.
There was a Toucan/Canaero which had two 582s. Until next time.

The above courtesy of http://www.toucanultralight2plus2.com/

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