Titan Tornado


The Titan Tornado is large family of cantilever high-wing, pusher configuration, tricycle gear-equipped kit aircraft manufactured by Titan Aircraft of Austinburg, Ohio for amateur construction.

Design and development

The first in the Tornado series, the Tornado 103, which started development in 1990, was introduced in 1994 and designed to fit into the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category, meeting the empty weight limit. If equipped with a light enough engine the Tornado 103 could qualify as a US ultralight.
The Tornado borrows from the design of the Earthstar Thunder Gull J and shares a similar cantilever wing of small area, keeping stall speeds low by use of flaps. This low drag design manages high cross country speeds as a result. The cockpit is constructed from 4130 steel, while the fuselage boom tube and the wings are built from aluminium. Unlike the Gull's wing, which is aircraft fabric-covered or optionally finished in sheet aluminium, the Tornado's wing is stressed skin. The Tornado has a tricycle undercarriage with a supplemental tailwheel castor, as the aircraft sits on its tail when unoccupied.

Operational history

The Tornado 103 was named Ultralight Grand Champion at Sun 'n Fun 1994.

Variants

;Tornado 103
;Tornado Sport
;Tornado MG
;Tornado I
;Tornado I Sport
;Tornado II
;Tornado II Trainer
;Tornado II Sport
;Tornado II 912
;Tornado II FP
;Tornado MG II
;Tornado S
;Tornado SS

Specifications (Tornado 103)