Tecnam P92


The Tecnam P92 Echo and Tecnam P92 Eaglet are Italian high-winged, light aircraft, designed by Luigi Pascale and built by Tecnam of Naples.

Design and development

The P92 design dates to 1960, but versions comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, an enclosed cabin with two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration accessed by doors, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made sheet aluminum tubing. Standard engines available are the Rotax 912ULS, Rotax 914 and the Lycoming O-233 four-stroke powerplants.
The P92 Eaglet was introduced in 2008. It employs a cockpit section made of steel tubing covering in sheet aluminum and a monocoque tail cone. It also features a new wing design, a rear window and a cabin that is wide.
The design is an accepted Federal Aviation Administration special light-sport aircraft.

Variants

;P92-JS: An upgraded version of the P92-J with Rotax 912S. Changes include shortened wings, metal flaps, redesigned engine cowling and fairings.
;P92-LY: As P92 JS but with Lycoming YO-233-B2A engine instead of Rotax
;P92 Echo: Available with Rotax 912UL or Rotax 912ULS engine.
;P92 Sea-Sky: Amphibian version of the P92 Echo, with conventional floats equipped with retractable wheels.
;P92-S Echo: Redesigned wings, engine cowling, windshield and fairing to reduce drag. Available with Rotax 912U or Rotax 912S.
;P92 Echo Super: With Rotax 912ULS.
;P92-J: An upgraded version of the Echo. Available with Rotax 912U.
;P92 2000RG: Fuselage redesigned, shorter wingspan, retractable landing gear. With Rotax 912S engine.
;P92-JS:
;P92 Eaglet: Rotax 912 engine, adds winglets to improve aerodynamic efficiency
;P92 Eaglet G5: As P92 Eaglet but with free-castering nosewheel instead of steerable
;P92 Eaglet G5LY: As P92 Eaglet G5 but with Lycoming YO-233-B2A engine instead of Rotax.
;P92-TD: A conventional landing gear equipped compliant with the American Light Sport rules, First flown on 22 December 2011 and introduced at Sun 'n Fun 2012.
;P92 Echo Light Classic: Tricycle landing gear equipped version with a gross weight of

Operators

Civil

The P92 is popular with flight training schools and is also operated by private individuals and companies.

Military