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LASA T-Bird


Single-Engine, Twin-Seat Light Attack / Counter-Insurgency Aircraft


Bulgaria | 2018



"The LASA T-Bird is a Bulgarian militarized modification of the existing Thrush 510G agricultural industry aircraft."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the LASA T-Bird Single-Engine, Twin-Seat Light Attack / Counter-Insurgency Aircraft.
1 x General Electric H80 turboprop engine developing 800 horsepower and driving a four-bladed propeller at the nose.
Propulsion
140 mph
225 kph | 121 kts
Max Speed
15,092 ft
4,600 m | 3 miles
Service Ceiling
404 miles
650 km | 351 nm
Operational Range
1,000 ft/min
305 m/min
Rate-of-Climb
Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the LASA T-Bird Single-Engine, Twin-Seat Light Attack / Counter-Insurgency Aircraft.
2
(MANNED)
Crew
29.2 ft
8.90 m
O/A Length
44.3 ft
(13.50 m)
O/A Width
9.2 ft
(2.80 m)
O/A Height
3,704 lb
(1,680 kg)
Empty Weight
6,945 lb
(3,150 kg)
MTOW
Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the LASA T-Bird Single-Engine, Twin-Seat Light Attack / Counter-Insurgency Aircraft .
Six underwing hardpoints (three to a wing) for the carrying of conventional drop bombs, precision drop bombs, gun pods, rocket pods and cannon pods.
Variants
Notable series variants as part of the LASA T-Bird family line.
T-Bird - Base Series Name.
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The LASA "T-Bird", from Bulgaria-based LASA ("Light Armed Surveillance Aircraft"), is another entry into the growing low-cost close support / attack category that currently includes the Air Tractor AT-802U, the L-3 Technologies "Longsword" and the IOMAX "Archangel". The T-Bird relies on the proven framework of the agricultural-industry-minded Thrush 510G series fixed-wing aircraft and adds to it a host of systems and sub-systems to make for a dedicated light-strike platform with low operating costs and high loitering times.

The aircraft was debuted at the 2017 Paris Air Show and is known to be operating over the African continent under private contractor ownership.

The T-Bird is intended for the light strike / counter-insurgency role as well as Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) roles. Its design origins are ideally suited for these sortie types where time-in-the-air is a key requisite. Tactical capability and survivability are added to make for a viable weapons platform.

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The wing mainplanes have clipped tips and are straight, given multiple (three-to-a-wing) underwing hardpoints for the carrying of bombs, rocket pods, machine gun pods and precision munitions while also providing the needed inherent lift and drag for low-level flying. At the "chin" position is an optics fit (housing an electro-optical camera and data-link). The wheeled undercarriage is fixed and of a "tail-dragger" configuration while be rugged for short field / rough field operations. The tail unit seats a single vertical stabilizer and low-mounted horizontal planes in the usual way. As the T-Bird is developed from the existing 510G, it is powered by the same General Electric H80 series turboprop engine and this is used to drive a four-bladed propeller at the nose. Internally, the aircraft seats two in tandem and features all-modern glass cockpits (night vision capable) with Western instrumentation and avionics (the latter provided for by Aspen Avionics). The cockpit and engine sections are armored against the hazards of low-altitude, low-speed attack runs.

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Operators
Global customers who have evaluated and/or operated the LASA T-Bird. Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national aircraft listing.

Total Production: 1 Units

Contractor(s): LASA Engineering, LTD - Bulgaria


[ Limited Operation (Africa). ]
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Image from official LASA Engineering, LTD marketing material.
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Image from official LASA Engineering, LTD marketing material.

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