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The Vulcanair SF.600 ''Canguro'' ( en: "Kangaroo") was a
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developed in Italy in the late 1970s. Despite a number of attempts to put the aircraft into series production, only a small number were ever built.


Design and development

The Canguro was a high-wing
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monoplane of conventional configuration with a fuselage of rectangular cross-section and a high-set tail. The
tricycle undercarriage Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', that is arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one or more nose wheels in a single front undercarriage and two or more main wheels slightly aft of th ...
was not retractable, and its main units were carried on
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s on the fuselage sides. SIAI Marchetti provided funding towards the construction of the prototype, and constructed this aircraft at the former Aviamilano plant. After flight testing proved positive, the type was put on sale, but failed to attract buyers in any number, even when the original
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s were exchanged for
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s and retractable undercarriage was offered as an option. Following their acquisition of SIAI Marchetti,
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continued to offer the design, and a contract for joint production was signed with Sammi in South Korea in 1992, but nothing came of this. A similar venture to produce the aircraft in conjunction with PADC in the
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proved similarly fruitless. PADC acquired two aircraft, RP-C1298 and RP-3101. In 1997,
Vulcanair Vulcanair is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Casoria, near Naples. History Partenavia was established in 1957 by Prof. Luigi Pascale and produced a quite large family of single-engined sport aircraft which eventually culminated with ...
purchased the design from
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(Agusta's parent company), but although a small number of examples were produced, no series production was undertaken. Vulcanair next proceeded to use the Canguro's fuselage to develop the single-engine
Vulcanair Mission The Vulcanair VF600W Mission is an Italian single-engined utility transport, under development by Vulcanair of Casoria. Design and development The Mission is based on the twin-engined Vulcanair Canguro but powered by a single Walter M601F-11 ...
.


Variants

;SF600 :1982-variant with two Allison 250-B17C turboprop engines. ;SF600A :1989-variant with increased mean take-off weight, two Allison 250-B17F/1 turboprop engines, modification to the wing aerodynamics and modifications to the landing gear support structure.


Operators

; :
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: Retired :* 1 for search and rescue missions.


Specifications (SF.600TP)


References

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