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 | name=P2008
 | image=Tecnam P2008.jpg
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 | type=[[Light aircraft]]
 | national origin= [[Italy]]
 | manufacturer=Costruzione Aeronautiche [[Tecnam]]
 | designer=
 | first flight=30 September 2008
 | introduced=2009
 | retired=
 | status= Active
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 | produced= 2008-present
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 | unit cost=[[US$]]154,999 (basic instrumentation, 2011)
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 | developed into= [[Tecnam P2010]]
 | variants with their own articles=
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[[File:Tecnam P2008 Low.jpg|thumb|Tecnam P2008]]
The '''Tecnam P2008''' is a single-engine, high-wing two-seat aircraft built by [[Tecnam]] in Italy but aimed at the [[US]] market.  It is the first Tecnam aircraft to incorporate major [[Composite material|composite]] components. It was introduced at the [[AERO Friedrichshafen]] 2009 show, with first deliveries in December 2009.

==Design and development==
The P2008 is a conventionally laid out [[wing configuration#number and arrangement of mainplanes|strut braced high-wing]] [[monoplane]] aimed specifically at the US market.  Resembling the earlier [[Tecnam P92]] and [[Tecnam P2004|P2004]] in general appearance, the P2008 differs by introducing  a [[carbon fibre]] [[fuselage]] and integrated [[fin]]. The wings and tailplane are all-metal.  It can be adapted to [[Light-sport aircraft|LSA]], [[ultralight]] or [[ELA1]] categories.

The wing [[leading edge]] is straight except for some pinching at the root and the wing has constant chord over about the inner 60% of span.  Outboard, the [[trailing edge]] is tapered; the straight [[wing tips]] are slightly upturned.  [[Ailerons#Types of ailerons|Frise ailerons]] on [[piano hinge]]s span the outboard sections and the inner sections are spanned by [[flap (aircraft)#Types|slotted flaps]]. There is a single [[lift strut]] on each side, attached to the lower fuselage. The P2008 has a low set [[stabilator|all-moving]] constant chord tailplane with an [[anti-balance tab]].  The fin is swept and the [[rudder]] moves above the tailplane.

The P2008 is powered by a [[Rotax 912ULS]] [[flat four engine|flat four piston engine]] driving a two blade [[propeller (aircraft)|propeller]].  The cabin seats two side-by side with a door each side and baggage space behind.  The cabin and cabin doors are wider than on earlier Tecnam high-wing aircraft.  Its fixed [[tricycle undercarriage]] has spring [[cantilever]] main legs and a [[caster|castoring]], non-steerable nosewheel on a compressed rubber suspension.  Ground steering is achieved by differential braking.  All wheels have [[aircraft fairing|speed fairings]].

The first flight was on 30 September 2008.

==Operational history==

The first P2008 was delivered to the US in December 2009. By November 2010 six had been registered in Australia, Italy, [[South Korea]] and the United States. {{As of|2013|1}}, five have been registered in New Zealand, including two as Class 2 [[Microlights]].{{update-inline|date=October 2023}}

==Variants==
;P2008
:Base model with a {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912ULS]] engine.
;P2008 TC
:Turbocharged {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 914]] engine with three blade propeller.
;P2008 JC
:[[Type certificate|Certified]] version under [[EASA CS-VLA]] rules.

==Specifications==
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*Standard [[Visual flight rules|VFR]], two screen [[EFIS]].
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