Canaero Toucan
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aircraft, amateur built aircraft, ELSA or homebuilt
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Canaero Toucan ultralight, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
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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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Canaero Toucan ultralight -
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