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Measured figures
L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
EMB 314 Super Tucano · Length
Configuration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Light attack and counter-insurgency aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Embraer Defense and Security[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
11.38 m (37 ft 4 in)[source]
Empty; L-59E · includes gun
Single sourceMaximum take-off; L-59E · Max takeoff weight
Single source4,030 kg (8,885 lb) (includes gun)[source]
7,000 kg (15,432 lb)[source]
Empty; EMB 314 Super Tucano · Empty weight
Single sourceMaximum take-off; EMB 314 Super Tucano · Max takeoff weight
Single sourceMaximum; L-59E · at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Single source865 km/h (537 mph, 467 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[source]
L-59E · at 7,000 m (23,000 ft) (with maximum internal and external fuel)
Single source2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi) at 7,000 m (23,000 ft) (with maximum internal and external fuel)[source]
EMB 314 Super Tucano · (hi-lo-hi profile, 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) of external stores)
Single source550 km (340 mi, 300 nmi) (hi-lo-hi profile, 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) of external stores)[source]
EMB 314 Super Tucano · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68C turboprop engine
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68C turboprop engine, 1,196 kW (1,604 hp)[source]
L-59E · 1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan thrust
Single source1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan , 21.57 kN (4,850 lbf) thrust[source]
EMB 314 Super Tucano · Endurance
Single source8 hours 24 minutes[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Brazilian Air Force Colombian Aerospace Force Chilean Air Force Ecuadorian Air Force[source] |
| Number built | 80[source] | 260+ (April 2023)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 2003–present[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 2 June 1999[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | Embraer EMB 312 Tucano[source] |
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| Variant | Aero L-159 ALCA[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,537 L (406 US gal; 338 imp gal) including tip tanks[source] | — |
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| Stall speed | 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) (flaps down)[source] | 148 km/h (92 mph, 80 kn)[source] |
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| Guns | one GSh-23L cannon in under-fuselage pod[source] | Internal: Two 12.7 mm (0.50 in) FN Herstal or U.S. Ordnance M3P machine guns as designated "M3W", one fixed mounted in each wing with 200 rounds per M3, 1,100 rounds per minute. pod : One 20 mm (0.79 in) M20A1 cannon below the fuselage, 650 rounds per minute. pod: One 12.7 mm (0.50 in) FN Herstal HMP for M3P machine guns under each wing pod: up to four 7.62 mm (0.30 in) Dillon Aero M134 Minigun (under development) under wings, 3,000 rounds per minute.[source] |
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| Hardpoints | four underwing hardpoints with a capacity of inner hardpoints 500 kg (1,100 lb)capacity, outer hardpoints 250 kg (550 lb)[source] | 5 (two under each wing and one under fuselage centreline) with a capacity of 1,550 kg (3,300 lb)[source] |
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| Country of origin | Czechoslovakia[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 26, cell 2; revision 1374778711; retrieved 2026-10-01 | — |
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| National origin | — | Brazil[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 2003[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | root: NACA 63A415 ; tip: NACA 63A212[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 5-bladed Hartzell , 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) diameter constant-speed, fully feathering, reversible-pitch propeller[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 7 / − 3.5[source] |
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| Rockets | — | Four pods 70 mm (2.75 in) LM-70/19 (SBAT-70 ) Four pods 70 mm (2.75 in) LAU-68A/G Four pods for the 70 mm (2.75 in) APKWS[source] |
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| Missiles | — | Air-to-air : AIM-9L Sidewinder MAA-1A Piranha MAA-1B Piranha (under development) Python 3 Python 4 Air-to-ground : AGM-65 Maverick Roketsan Cirit General-purpose bombs : Ten Mk 81 Five Mk 82 M117 Incendiary bombs : BINC-300 Cluster bombs : BLG-252 Precision-guided bombs : FPG-82 (under development) Friuli Aeroespacial INS / GPS guidance kit for Mk 82 . SMKB-82 – INS / GPS guidance kit for Mk 82 . GBU-54 (under development) GBU-38 (under development) GBU-39 (under development) Paveway II Lizard – Elbit laser guidance kit. Griffin – IAI laser guidance kit.[source] |
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| Air-to-air | — | AIM-9L Sidewinder MAA-1A Piranha MAA-1B Piranha (under development) Python 3 Python 4[source] |
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| Air-to-ground | — | AGM-65 Maverick Roketsan Cirit[source] |
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| General-purpose bombs | — | Ten Mk 81 Five Mk 82 M117[source] |
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| Incendiary bombs | — | BINC-300[source] |
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| Cluster bombs | — | BLG-252[source] |
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| Precision-guided bombs | — | FPG-82 (under development) Friuli Aeroespacial INS / GPS guidance kit for Mk 82 . SMKB-82 – INS / GPS guidance kit for Mk 82 . GBU-54 (under development) GBU-38 (under development) GBU-39 (under development) Paveway II Lizard – Elbit laser guidance kit. Griffin – IAI laser guidance kit.[source] |
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| Others | — | Chaff & flare (countermeasure) FLIR AN/AAQ-22 Star Safire II (Electro-optical/infrared sensors) Drop tanks[source] |
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