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Ground-Attack Planes of the FACH.

[SIZE=4]Tucan T-18B NB-2 / Tucan A1T Curiñanco[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]General characteristics:[/SIZE]
Crew: 2 (pilot, navigator/gunner)
Length: 11.7m
Wingspan: 14.05m
Height: 3.81m
Wing Area: 28.98m²
Empty Weight: 6,969lbs
Max Takeoff Weight: 9,000lbs
Powerplant: 1 × 1300hp FMA Spartan 12V-1300S-SA V-12 inline engine with supercharger

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Max Speed: 324 mph (? km/h)
Range:748 mi (1,203.7 km)
Service Ceiling: 34,500 ft (10,515.6 m)
Rate of Climb: 21.3 ft/s (6.5 m/s)
Max Wingloading: 30 lb/ft²

[SIZE=3]Equipment[/SIZE]
- Receiver/transmitter
- HF/DF
- Sperry autopilot
- Rescue dinghy in wingroot
- Ventral camera in cabin floor

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
- 4 × 7.62mm Browning MGs in wings
- 2 × 7.92mm FMG/M32 MG (drum feed) in ventral position
- 227kg (500lbs) on one ventral (500lbs) or two wing racks (250lbs each)

[SIZE=3]Order History[/SIZE]
- 64 planes + spares ordered from Argentina in Q4/1939.

[SIZE=3]Special Notes[/SIZE]
All-metal monocoque fuselage in three sections with Z section fames and L section stringers with riveted stressed light alloy covering, light alloy used for cantilever tail construction and tailplane covering. Cantilever metal wing with two steel spars of I section, all-metal split flaps and aluminium framed ailerons with aluminium covering. Rudder and elevators aluminium framed with aluminium covering. Underwing hydraulic-operated aluminium dive-brakes. Retractable main undercarriage with single oleo-pneumatic legs with pneumatic brakes and a retractable castoring tail wheel and catapult spools and retractable arrestor hook attached to the lower fuselage aft.