Anahuac Tauro
| Tauro | |
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| Role | Agricultural aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Fabrica de Aviones Anahuac |
| First flight | 3 December 1968 |
| Number built | 12 |
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The Anahuac Tauro is a Mexican agricultural aircraft built in small numbers in the late 1960s and 1970s. The first prototype flew on 3 December 1968, with Mexican Type certification (the first type approved by Mexico's DGAC) following on 8 August 1969.[1] It was a low-wing braced monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. The wing was of constant chord and had spray bars installed along its trailing edge.
Variants
- Tauro 300 - prototype and seven production examples with 300 hp R-755-A2M1 engine
- Tauro 350 - four examples with 350 hp R-755-SM engine
Specifications (Tauro 350)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980-81 [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Capacity: 870 L (230 US Gallons) of liquid or 800 kg (1,764 lb) of dry chemicals
- Length: 8.21 m (26 ft 11¼ in)
- Wingspan: 11.44 m (37 ft 6½ in)
- Height: 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 20.24 m² (217.9 ft²)
- Airfoil: US 35B
- Empty weight: 958 kg (2,112 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 2,064 kg (4,552 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Jacobs R-755-SM seven-cylinder radial engine, 261 kW (350 hp)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 225 km/h (121 knots, 140 mph)
- Maximum speed: 193 km/h (104 knots, 120 mph)
- Cruise speed: 137 km/h (74 knots, 85 mph) (econ cruise)
- Stall speed: 68 km/h (36.5 knots, 42 mph)
- Range: 375 km (202 nm, 233 mi)
- Service ceiling: 5,790 m (19,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.3 m/s (850 ft/min)
References
- Taylor, John W R (ed.) (1980). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980-81. London: Jane's Publishing. ISBN 0-7106-7105-9.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 59.
- Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. p. 405.
See also
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