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Gryphen Aircraft Texan

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Low wing single piston ultralight. Includes former Fly Synthesis variants: Texan RG, Texan Club and Texan Evo RG, and current Gryphen variants: Texan GF10-30, Texan GTR40, and Texan GR40.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built, Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Ultralight

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

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Tail

Conventional

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Gryphen Aircraft Texan	2009 / 1996		Two-seat lightplane. Formerly Fly Synthesis Texan.

Airframer

Gryphen Aircraft Industries srl (was Fly Synthesis)

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