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A-29B Super Tucano

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(DROP FUEL TANK BEFORE LANDING!)

The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (English: Super Toucan), also named ALX or A-29, is a Brazilian turboprop light attack and counter-insurgency aircraft designed and built by Embraer as a development of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano. The A-29 Super Tucano carries a wide variety of weapons, including precision-guided munitions, and was designed to be a low-cost system operated in low-threat environments.[2]

In addition to its manufacture in Brazil, Embraer has set up a production line in Portugal through the company OGMA and in the United States in conjunction with Sierra Nevada Corporation for the manufacture of A-29s to export customers.

In Colombia :

A total of 25 Super Tucanos (variant AT-29B) were purchased by the Colombian Air Force in a US$234 million deal, purchased directly from Embraer. On 14 December 2006, the first three aircraft arrived to the military airfield of CATAM in Bogotá; two more were delivered later that month, ten more in the first half of 2007, and the rest in June 2008.[48]

On 18 January 2007, a squadron of Colombian Air Force Super Tucanos launched the first-ever combat mission of its type, attacking FARC positions in the jungle with Mark 82 bombs. This attack made use of the Super Tucano's constantly computed impact point capability; the aircraft's performance in action was a reported success.[49]

On 11 July 2012, the first Super Tucano was lost near Jambalo during an anti-FARC operation; rebels claimed they shot it down with a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun, but the Colombian Air Force challenged the rebel group's claim after inspecting the wreckage.[50]

In 2008, during "Operation Phoenix", a Colombian Air Force Super Tucano used Griffin laser-guided bombs to destroy a guerrilla cell inside Ecuador and kill the second-in-command chief of FARC, Raúl Reyes. This event led to a diplomatic break between the two countries.

Load-out*

 X2 GBU-49 bombs
 X1 External fuel tank (330L)
 X2 Cannons

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Working fin deployable GBU-49!

Simple even more mobile friendly version

EMB-314 tucano

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 51.4ft (15.7m)
  • Length 53.4ft (16.3m)
  • Height 17.5ft (5.3m)
  • Empty Weight 26,681lbs (12,102kg)
  • Loaded Weight 36,885lbs (16,730kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.162
  • Wing Loading 50.4lbs/ft2 (245.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 732.3ft2 (68.0m2)
  • Drag Points 6485

Parts

  • Number of Parts 296
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,214