The production of the first Tecnam P2012 “Traveller” piston engine commuter aircraft is progressing well on Tecnam's Experimental As...
The production of the first Tecnam P2012 “Traveller” piston engine commuter aircraft is progressing well on Tecnam's Experimental Assembly Line (XAL) in Capua, Italy, with roll-out scheduled for Q4 2015.
The eleven seater is designed as replacement to many hundreds of ‘heritage’ aeroplanes in the FAR23/CS23 category currently in service around the world.
The aircraft has a high-wing configuration that allows for a roomier cabin, easy ingress and egress, and aide operation from un-prepared runways, a fixed landing gear that company claims will reduce maintenance by 70 percent.
Designed by Tecnam’s Head of R&D, Prof. Luigi Pascale, the P2012 Traveller will enable operators to benefit from very low operating and maintenance costs, ability to operate from non-prepared runways, with easy and fast turnaround.
The Tecnam P2012 Traveller will first see service as a passenger aeroplane but has been designed from the start to be a very versatile and flexible aerial platform, offering many multi role opportunities including Hydro, VIP, cargo shipping, parachuting and medevac services.
Initial flight-testing is expected by beginning of next year, as is the opening of the new P2012 Traveller production facility in Capua, Italy.
The P2012 Traveller is powered by two Lycoming engines (350 HP, turbocharged, six-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, avgas or mogas feeded ) mounted on the wings.
P2012 is designed to have a cruise speed of about 175 Kts at flight altitude of 10.000 ft and range higher than 600 nm.
