The J & J Ultralights Tukan () is an American
ultralight trike
An ultralight trike or paratrike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift control, weight-shift. These light-sport aircraft, aircraft have a fabric Rogallo wing, flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fusel ...
that was marketed by
J & J Ultralights
J & J Ultralights was an American aircraft manufacturer that was based at Wings ’N Sunset Airport in Live Oak, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes, including Amphibious aircraft, amphibious mode ...
,
Leading Edge Air Foils and
Kemmeries Aviation. The aircraft was supplied as a kit, as parts and as plans for
amateur construction.
[Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page C-29. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ][Raisner, William: ''LEAF catalog'', page 416. Leading Edge Airfoils, 1995.][Downey, Julia: ''2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 46. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the US
FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles
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rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a
cable-braced hang glider
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-style
high wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft
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, weight-shift controls, an open cockpit,
tricycle landing gear
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 ...
and a single engine in
pusher configuration
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.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together
aluminum
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tubing, with its single-surface wing covered in
Dacron
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sailcloth. Its span wing is supported by a single tube-type
kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. The landing gear uses
fiberglass
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rods for mainwheel suspension and the nosewheel features a drum brake. The pilot is accommodated on a seat that can be quickly converted into a
tandem
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second seat. The standard wing supplied was a J & J single-surface wing, but other wings of suitable gross weight can be used. The specified powerplant is the
Rotax 447
The Rotax 447 is a , inline 2-cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, built by BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG of Austria for use in ultralight aircraft.Raisner, William: ''LEAF catalog'', pages 6-105. Leading Edge Airfoils, 1995.
Design and developme ...
twin-cylinder,
two-stroke
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, single-ignition aircraft engine.
Assembly time from the kit is about 30 hours. The aircraft can be disassembled for ground transport in a van or pickup truck or storage by one person in 25 minutes. The Tukan can be used for
crop spraying and also hang glider towing. Thirty examples were reported as completed and flying in February 2000.
Specifications (J & J Tukan)
See also
References
External links
J & J website archiveson
Archive.org
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Photo of J & J Tukan
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