Tecnam Announces Special Missions and STOL P2012 Variants

Though they didn’t make an appearance at Sun ‘n Fun, Tecnam’s Special Missions P2012 variant and STOL editions were announced. The two aircraft’s missions are significantly different, illustrating the inherent versatility of the light piston twin.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/tecnams-market-leading-light-twin-opens-its-market-target-even-further

I suppose fuel burn and endurance was the reason for avoiding a small turbine engine for this project, but replacing the inherent problems found with the electrically-controlled Lycoming engine with a Continental GTSIO-520 was not the most graceful of moves. Completely different engines but both can be prohibitively finicky.

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