Antonov An-180

Antonov An-180
Role	Wide-body propfan airliner
Manufacturer	Antonov
Status	Cancelled
Number built	None

The Antonov An-180 was a Ukrainian design for a twin-aisle medium range propfan airliner. Although the design was completed by the Antonov Design Bureau in 1994, the type was not built.^[1]

Development

The An-180 was a conventionally designed low-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional tail unit, the unusual feature was the mounting of an Ivenchko Progress D-27 propfan mounted at the ends of each tailplane.^[1] Each propfan was to have a co-axial contra-rotating tractor propeller and the An-180 also designed with a retractable landing gear with twin nose wheels and tandem pairs of main wheels.^[1]

It was planned to have a number of variants with seating starting at 150–156 passengers to a larger variant for 200 passengers and it was also planned to build a combination passenger/freight and an all freight variant.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2 or 3
Capacity: 163
Length: 40.9 m (134 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 35.83 m (117 ft 7 in)
Height: 11.148 m (36 ft 7 in)
Max takeoff weight: 67,500 kg (148,812 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Ivenchko Progress D-27 propfan, 10,305 kW (13,819 hp) each at take off

Performance

Cruising speed: 800 km/h (497 mph; 432 kn)
Range: 3,300 km (2,051 mi; 1,782 nmi) with full payload
Service ceiling: 10,100 m (33,136 ft) cruise

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Taylor 1996, pp. 255–256.

Bibliography

Taylor, Michael J. H. Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory. London: Brassey's, 1996. ISBN 1-85753-198-1.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antonov An-180.

Antonov aircraft

Airliners	An-10 An-24 An-28 An-74 An-140 An-148 An-158 An-174 An-180 An-218

Transports	OKA-38 An-2 An-3 An-4 An-8 An-12 An-14 An-22 An-26 An-32 An-38 An-50 An-70 An-72 An-74 An-112 An-124 An-132 An-178 An-225

Reconnaissance and surveillance	An-6 An-30 An-71 An-88

Experimental	An-13 SKV An-188

Gliders	A-1 A-2 A-7 A-9 A-10 A-11 A-13 A-15 A-40

Microlights	T-2M

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 02, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.