Titan Aircraft Tornado II
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The Titan Tornado II is a two-seat tandem pusher from Titan Aircraft of Ohio, in production since about 1990: an all-aluminium-skinned airframe with a full-flying stabilator, electric flaps and tricycle gear, designed to +6/-4 g at a 1,000 lb gross weight and fitted with anything from a two-stroke Rotax 503 to a 100 hp 912 S. Plane & Pilot quotes more than 95 mph cruise even on a 503.
The Tornado is the sporty one among the pusher two-seaters - fast for its class, with a fighter-style tandem cockpit - and that is also why its history matters: a 1,000 lb aeroplane that cruises at 100 mph on an engine the builder chose is sensitive to how it was built and loaded, and the stretched SS version with a 1,200 lb gross is a different airframe sold under a nearly identical name. Nothing in this row came from a Titan specification sheet, so treat every figure as indicative and read the aircraft's own weight-and-balance. Two-stroke examples carry two-stroke ownership; 912 examples carry Rotax rubber schedules. Owner maintenance and an A&P condition inspection apply to the amateur-built majority. Asking prices read were $20,000-34,000.
Variants of the Titan Tornado
- Tornado II · 1990 · 81 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912 UL (503 to 912 S fitted) |
| Horsepower | 80 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1990 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 87 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 30 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 378 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 622 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $20,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $33,900 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 137 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 81 |
| Median year built | 2002 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 49.38 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 49.38 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 17 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 20.99 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 81 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 81 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 81 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 0.2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 5.1 of 103 |
| Support | 5.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 5.5 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 18 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30