Lancair Barracuda
The Lancair Barracuda is an American amateur-built aircraft produced by Lancair of Uvalde, Texas. It was introduced at AirVenture in July 2018. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.
The design is a development of the Lancair Legacy, employing a one-piece wing with greater span.Design and development
The Barracuda was designed to provide more speed, with simplified kit construction over earlier models.
The aircraft features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, partially or optionally fully retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from composite material, including e-glass, carbon fiber with a Nomex honeycomb core. Its span wing has a double taper planform and mounts Fowler flaps. The standard engine used is the Lycoming IO-390, with the Continental IO-550-N powerplant optional. The cockpit is wide and high and the roll rate is 150 degrees per second.
The kit includes the airframe, engine, propeller and the avionics, usually the Garmin G3X Touch glass cockpit flight display and GTN-750 GPS, airband VHF radio, multifunction display.
The kit purchase price includes Lancair's basic two-week Builder Assistance program.Operational history
The first customer-completed Barracuda was displayed at Sun 'n Fun, in April 2019.Variants
;Barracuda GL
;Barracuda GTX
