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Tauro
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Role
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Agricultural aircraft
Type of aircraft
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Manufacturer
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Fabrica de Aviones Anahuac
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First flight
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3 December 1968
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Number built
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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.
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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.
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Variants
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- Tauro 300
- prototype and seven production examples with 300 hp
R-755-A2M1
engine.
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- Tauro 350
- four examples with 350 hp
R-755-SM
engine
Specifications (Tauro 350)
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Data from
Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980-81
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General characteristics
- Crew:
1
- Capacity:
870 L (190 imp gal; 230 US gal) of liquid or 800 kg (1,800 lb) of dry chemicals
- Length:
8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan:
11.44 m (37 ft 6 in)
- Height:
2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)
- Wing area:
20.24 m
2
(217.9 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio
:
6.4:1
- Airfoil
:
US 35B
- Empty weight:
958 kg (2,112 lb)
- Max takeoff weight:
2,064 kg (4,550 lb)
- Fuel capacity:
140 L (31 imp gal; 37 US gal)
- Powerplant:
1 ×
Jacobs R-755
-SM turbocharged seven-cylinder
radial engine
, 260 kW (350 hp)
- Propellers:
2-bladed Sensenich 5404/MA 96K, 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed:
193 km/h (120 mph, 104 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed:
137 km/h (85 mph, 74 kn) at 1,525 m (5,000 ft) (econ. cruise)
- Stall speed:
68 km/h (42 mph, 37 kn)
- Never exceed speed
:
225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn)
- Range:
375 km (233 mi, 202 nmi)
- Service ceiling:
5,790 m (19,000 ft)
- Rate of climb:
4.3 m/s (850 ft/min)
- Takeoff run to and landing run from 15 m (50 ft):
350 m (1,150 ft)
References
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- Simpson, R. W. (1995).
Airlife's General Aviation
. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing.
ISBN
1-85310-577-5
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- 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.
See also
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