Talk:Short Tucano

Bird

OK, fun, but where is really the article about the Tucano (Tucanus spp. -- bird)? User:Mdob | Talk 22:14, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

The Tucano in English is the Toucan. Bastie 06:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Jet?

Why does the article state that this prop aircraft is a fast-jet trainer, when it is, clearly, not a jet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.255.133 (talk) 12:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

The aircraft is designed to have jet-like handling characteristics [1]Dorset100 (talk) 13:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Shorts Tucano

I propose that this article be renamed Shorts Tucano as no-one ever calls the Shorts Tucano the Short Tucano (ie it's made by Shorts, not that the aircraft is not as long as other types of Tucano). See the article on Short Brothers for confirmation of this usage. 217.34.229.213 14:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Disagree - Short Tucano is the more common and official name for the aircraft. MilborneOne (talk) 14:17, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I too disagree. The company itself has traditionally been referred to as "Shorts" but the aircraft have either been "Short xxx" or "Short Brothers xxx", almost always the former. There are two exceptions: the Shorts 330/Shorts 360, where a rename should be considered; at present there is a redirect in place for the "Shorts" variants. I did read about the reason for these exceptions somewhere, but cannot recall where. It may have something to do with them being Shorts aircraft under Bombadier management. --TraceyR (talk) 16:38, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Rate of climb

The text says the Tucano can climb much faster than the Jet Provost -- but the statistics box gives a slower rate of climb than the one in the Provost article. Any ideas? Manormadman (talk) 03:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

The RoC given for the Jet Provost is only valid at sea level and it ran out of puff quite quickly, given that the Viper is a pure jet engine. It took about 15 mins to reach 15,000 feet, hence training time at altitude was limited on a one-hour sortie. Possel47 (talk) 20:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merger

I suggest this page to be merged with Embraer EMB 312 Tucano, this type is a variation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dafranca (talk • contribs) 19:24, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Oppose it has some major differences from the Brazil-built version more than enough for a seperate article. MilborneOne (talk) 18:31, 24 October 2012 (UTC)