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 28 ft span wing has a double taper planform and mounts Fowler flaps. The standard engine used is the 210 hp Lycoming IO-390, with the 310 hp Continental IO-550-N powerplant optional. The cockpit is 43.5 in wide and 44.5 in 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.