Antonov An-180

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]

Antonov An-180
Role Wide-body propfan airliner
National origin Soviet Union / Ukraine
Manufacturer Production Corporation Polyot, Omsk, Russia
Kharkiv Aviation Plant (uk), Kharkiv, Ukraine
Designer Antonov Design Bureau
Status Canceled
Number built 0

Development

The An-180 was designed as a replacement for the aging Tupolev Tu-134 and Yakovlev Yak-42 airliners.[2] Antonov was discussing this aircraft in Soviet aviation publications as early as October 1990, describing the An-180 as a 164-180 passenger plane with a range of 1,300 to 1,600 nautical miles (2,500 to 3,000 kilometres; 1,600 to 1,900 miles) and a per-passenger fuel consumption of 14 to 15 grams per kilometre (0.79 to 0.85 ounces per mile).[3] The proposed aircraft was introduced to the world at the 1991 Paris Air Show.[4] As of September 1991, the An-180 had a T-tail design with the propfan engines attached to the aft fuselage,[5] but Antonov later modified the design so that the engines were attached to the ends of the horizontal stabilizer in a conventional tail configuration.[6] In 1992, Ukraine and China were studying whether to jointly develop the aircraft.[7]

In April 1994, a prototype of the aircraft was tested at the Russian Central Aviation Institute's transonic wind tunnel, with follow-up tests in July to finalize the design, but financial problems delayed the completion of the study as of November 1994.[8] By February 1995, joint manufacturing was expected to begin at the aircraft factories in Kharkiv, Ukraine and the Production Corporation Polyot plant in Omsk, Russia.[9] Because of extreme funding shortfalls from the Ukraine government, however, the development of the An-180 was fully suspended by August 1995.[10] In 1999, D-27 engines created by the Progress Design Bureau were still expected to be built for the An-180, according to the CEO of Motor Sich,[11] the Ukrainian manufacturer of the D-27.[12] Subsequent attempts to obtain commercial investment failed, though, and by 2004, the An-180 was no longer an Antonov project.[13]

As of 2003, the fuselage of an uncompleted An-180 aircraft remained in storage in a building used for assembly of Antonov's experimental models.[14]

Design

The An-180 was a conventionally designed low-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional tail unit. The unusual feature was the mounting of an Ivchenko Progress D-27 propfan mounted at the end of each tailplane.[1] Each propfan was to have a coaxial contra-rotating tractor propeller, and the An-180 was also designed with a retractable landing gear with twin nosewheels, and tandem pairs of mainwheels.[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] The cabin is configured to use two aisles, with a seating row containing two seats each between an aisle and the adjacent windows/cabin walls, and two seats between the two aisles.[15] The undercarriage can store seven LD3-46 unit load devices.[1]

Specifications

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

General characteristics

  • Crew: two or three
  • Capacity: 163
  • Length: 40.9 m (134 ft 2 in)
  • Wingspan: 35.83 m (117 ft 7 in)
  • Diameter: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) (fuselage)[16]
  • Height: 11.148 m (36 ft 7 in)
  • Empty weight: 42,500 kg (93,696 lb) [16]
  • Max takeoff weight: 71,700 kg (158,071 lb) normal takeoff weight 67,500 kg (148,812 lb)[16]
  • Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko Progress D-27 propfan, 10,305 kW (13,819 hp) each at take off
  • Propellers: 8 fore, 6 aft-bladed Aerosila SV-27 axial contra-rotating tractor

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 800 km/h (500 mph, 430 kn)
  • Range: 3,300 km (2,100 mi, 1,800 nmi) maximum takeoff weight; 1,800 km (1,100 mi; 970 nmi) normal takeoff weight[16]
  • Service ceiling: 10,100 m (33,100 ft) cruise

See also

References

Notes
  1. Taylor, Michael J. H. (1996). Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory. London, England, UK: Brassey's. pp. 255–256. ISBN 1-85753-198-1. OCLC 33079608.
  2. Severyn, Volodymyr (March 27, 1993). An-218 passenger plane profiled. Ukraine: Economic Affairs. FBIS report: Central Eurasia (Report). FBIS Report. FBIS-USR-93-053. Translated by Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published April 28, 1993). Uryadovyy Kuryer (Official Courier). pp. 81–82. hdl:2027/inu.30000028466989.
  3. Stukalina, L. (October 13, 1990). Balabuyev on importance of civilian aircraft production. Defense Industrial Conversion. Soviet Union: Military affairs (Report). JPRS Report. JPRS-UMA-91-004. Translated by Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published February 1, 1991). Vozdushnyy Transport (Air Transport). pp. 63–64. OCLC 831662917.
  4. "Airliners of the world". Flight International. Vol. 148 no. 4501. December 6–12, 1995. p. 60. ISSN 0015-3710.
  5. Lenorovitz, Jeffrey M. (September 16, 1991). "Freighter specialist Antonov broadens focus by developing passenger aircraft". Air Transport. Aviation Week & Space Technology. pp. 44–45.
  6. MakSiemens (May 13, 2013). "Мечтать не вредно часть 2. Проект АН-180" [Dreaming is not harmful. Part 2. Project AN-180.]. LiveJournal (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 21, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  7. Comments on carrier sale. International Affairs: Central Eurasia. China (Report). Daily Report. FBIS-CHI-92-212. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published November 2, 1992). Tokyo Kyodo. October 31, 1992. pp. 11–12. hdl:2027/mdp.39015023043949.
  8. Aircraft industry on financial problems. Ukraine: Economic issues. Central Eurasia: Annex (Report). Daily Report. FBIS-SOV-94-235-A (published December 7, 1994). Ukrinform. November 21, 1994. pp. 23–24 – via Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) and NewsBank.
  9. Cooperation with Russia in aircraft engineering detailed. Ukraine: Economic issues. Central Eurasia (Report). Daily Report. FBIS-SOV-95-040 (published March 1, 1995). Ukrinform. February 27, 1995. pp. 45–46. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu00733822 – via Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS).
  10. Prudka, Natalka (August 3, 1995). Problems, situation in aviation industry viewed. Ukraine: Economic issues. Central Eurasia (Report). Daily Report. FBIS-SOV-95-152. Translated by Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published August 8, 1995). Vechirniy Kyyiv (Evening Kiev). p. 65. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu00734101.
  11. Boguslaev, Vyacheslav (1999). Перспективные двигатели нового поколения [Promising engines of new generation]. Aviapanorama Авиапанорама (in Russian). Vol. 5 no. 17. pp. 30–31. ISSN 1726-6173.
  12. Chernyak, I. (January 19, 1993). Defense industry, Russian-Ukrainian common interest. Defense Industry and Conversion: General Issues. Central Eurasia: Military affairs (Report). JPRS Report. JPRS-UMA-93-015. Translated by Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published May 11, 1993). Voyenno-promyshlennyy kur'yer (Military Industrial Courier). pp. 16–19. OCLC 831658655.
  13. Karnozov, Vladimir (September 14–20, 2004). "State of change: Ukraine's aerospace industry is shaking off the legacy of the Soviet era with new products, developed since independence, coming onto the market". Ukraine Aerospace. Flight International. Vol. 166 no. 4951. Moscow, Russia. pp. 40–41. ISSN 0015-3710.
  14. Siruk, Mykola (August 12, 2003). "Ukrainian, Russian planes compete for CIS market". Den [The Day (Kiev)]. Translated by BBC Monitoring Ukraine & Baltics. Kiev, Ukraine (published August 15, 2003) – via Factiva.
  15. Krikunenko, Anatoliy (November 1991). Antonov general designer on future plans. Defense Industry. Central Eurasia: Military affairs (Report). JPRS Report. JPRS-UMA-92-012. Translated by Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published April 8, 1992). Kryl'ia Rodiny (Wings of the Motherland). pp. 70–73. OCLC 831663550.
  16. КРАТКИЙ СПРАВОЧНИК ПО РОССИЙСКИМ И УКРАИНСКИМ САМОЛЕТАМ И ВЕРТОЛЕТАМ [Quick guide to Russian and Ukrainian aircraft and helicopters]. Aviatsiia I Kosmonavtika -Moskva- Авиация и космонавтика [Aviation and astronautics] (in Russian). No. 5 (published May 1995). 1995. pp. 15–16. ISSN 0373-9821.
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