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US Air Force · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Measured figures
T-41C · Length
Single source26 ft 11 in (8.20 m)[source]
standard EMB 312 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Cessna T-41 Mescalero | Embraer EMB 312 Tucano |
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| Type | Primary pilot trainer[source] | Trainer and light attack aircraft[source] |
| National origin | United States[source] | Brazil[source] |
| Manufacturer | Cessna[source] | Embraer[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | In service |
9.86 m (32 ft 4 in)[source]
Maximum; T-41C · Maximum speed
Single source125 kn (144 mph, 232 km/h)[source]
T-41C · 1 × Continental IO-360-D Six-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
Single source1 × Continental IO-360-D Six-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 210 hp (160 kW)[source]
standard EMB 312 · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25C turboprop engine
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25C turboprop engine, 552 kW (740 hp)[source]
T-41C · 880 ft/min (
Single source880 ft/min (4.5 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary users | United States Air Force United States Army Indonesian Air Force Turkish Air Force[source] | Brazilian Air Force Egyptian Air Force Argentine Air Force Peruvian Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | T-41A : 230 T-41B : 255 T-41C : 52 T-41D : 299[source] | 637[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1964–1996[source] | 1980–1996[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1964[source] | September 1983[source] |
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| Developed from | Cessna 172 Cessna R172[source] | — |
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| Capacity | three passengers[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller[source] | 4-bladed constant-speed propeller[source] |
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| Alternative designation | T-41 Mescalero[source] | — |
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| First flight | — | 16 August 1980[source] |
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| Variant | — | Short Tucano[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 694 litres (183 US gal; 153 imp gal)[source] |
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| Guns | — | ** Gun pods : AN/M-B machine gun 12,7 mm machine gun 7,62 mm machine gun (500 rounds) Rocket Machine Gun pod: RMP LC with a 12.7mm M3P and (4x) 70 mm[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | 4 under-wing pylons with a capacity of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | root: NACA 63A415 ; tip: NACA 63A212[source] |
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| Stall speed | — | 124 km/h (77 mph, 67 kn)[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 539 km/h (335 mph, 291 kn)[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 6 /- 3[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 164 kg/m 2 (34 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Rocket Machine Gun pod | — | RMP LC with a 12.7mm M3P and (4x) 70 mm[source] |
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| Rockets | — | ** 127 mm HVAR ground rockets Rocket pods: SBAT (7x) 37 mm SBAT (7x) 70 mm[source] |
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| Rocket pods | — | SBAT (7x) 37 mm SBAT (7x) 70 mm[source] |
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| Bombs | — | ** General-purpose bomb : Mk 81 Mk 82 Practice bomb: MK 76 (20 lb)[source] |
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| Practice bomb | — | MK 76 (20 lb)[source] |
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| Others | — | Ferry tanks: 2x 660 litres (170 US gal) or 330 litres (87 US gal)[source] |
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| Ferry tanks | — | 2x 660 litres (170 US gal) or 330 litres (87 US gal)[source] |
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