The IPAI-26 Tuca was a Brazilian single engined high-wing light utility aircraft.
The project was born by engineer D. Lucato, who had just finished his degree in aeronautical engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos, a simple and economical two-seater airplane capable of landing at airports with limited infrastructure.
[1] The aircraft was designed as a shoulder-wing monoplane with conventional T-tail and rigid nose wheel landing gear.
The aircraft was powered by a Lycoming O-235-C-1 4-stroke boxer engine producing 80 kW.
[2] Data from Pereira 1986, p. 298, Taylor 1981, p. 20General characteristics Performance Photo of the IPAI-26 Tuca