Russian Civil Aviation: News #3

GarryB wrote:The original Be-42 or Be-40 called albatross was slightly bigger than the Be-200 and had four engines.... it had two externally mounted D30 engines as used on the Il-76, plus two small internal booster engines for takeoff to improve performance.

There were models of the Albatross that had PS-90A engines whose increased power (16 tons thrust vs 14 tons thrust for the D30) meant the internal engines were no longer needed to boost performance for takeoff.

They also showed a version with the turboprop engines of the An-70 (but just two engines of course) of the Albatross.

Perhaps a solution with front and rear facing turboprop engines, two on each side could provide the required thrust?

Or just derate the PS-90A engines and use two of those on the smaller Be-200 aircraft to begin with...

Austin wrote:Russian PD-8 engine for the Be-200 amphibious aircraft to be built in five years - the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=506306&lang=RU

Moscow. April 17th INTERFAX - The Russian PD-8 engine for the Be-200 amphibious aircraft should be built within five years, said Oleg Bocharov, deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

      "We have extremely strict requirements for the JDC. I think five years is the maximum that I can give them," the deputy minister told reporters on Wednesday.
      He also noted that the decision that the Be-200 would not be equipped with the Russian-French SaM146 engine was finally made.

      “Yes, this decision was finally made,” said O. Bocharov, answering the relevant question.

      The Be-200 is a multipurpose amphibious aircraft assembled by the TANTK (MOEX: TAKB) named after Beriev (Taganrog), intended for firefighting, emergency assistance in emergency areas, search and rescue on water, sanitary and cargo transportation. Until now, the Be-200 was equipped with D-436 engines manufactured by the Ukrainian Motor Sich. But last year, O. Bocharov said that Ukraine had banned their delivery to Russia.

      SaM146 is a turbojet engine manufactured by PowerJet, a joint venture of the Russian company ODK-Saturn and the French Safran Aircraft Engines. SaM146 equipped with aircraft family Sukhoi Superjet.

Austin wrote:ROSCOSMOS EXPECTS THAT THE IL-96-500T WILL CREATE IN THE STATED TIME

https://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2019/04/23/585717.html

Roscosmos is interested in operating the IL-96-500T aircraft and hopes that this machine will be created within the stated time frame. This was reported on Tuesday Tass in the state corporation.

Roscosmos State Corporation is interested in the start of production and operation of the Il-96-500T aircraft, which is designed to transport parts of rocket and space technology to the Vostochny space center. Roskosmos hopes that Il will be able to create this aircraft in the stated time frame, "said in Roscosmos.

As followed from the presentation of the IL company, a copy of which is at TASS disposal, the company developed a draft design of the IL-96-500T aircraft with an enlarged fuselage for transporting oversized cargo, for example, transporting elements of Angara missiles to the Vostochny space center.

All in all, IL plans to launch 16 aircraft of the new type from 2026 to 2034. Six of them are supposed to be handed over to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, six to commercial customers (through the leasing Ilyushin Finance Co.), four more will be built in the interests of Roskosmos and Russian-Chinese cooperation on CR929 wide-body aircraft.

The cost of a prototype aircraft, including research and development, preparation for production, testing and certification, is estimated at 30.3 billion rubles. The cost of a production aircraft with a series of five units is 12 billion rubles, the payback period for commercial operation is 10-12 years. According to specialists, the project can be implemented in five to seven years.

http://m.trkterra.ru/news/aviakor-prodayut wrote:

"AVIAKOR" SELL?

The Russian Machines Corporation, affiliated to well-known Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, is considering rejecting the Aviakor Samara Aviation Plant belonging to it, federal media reports referring to the regional Ministry of Industry and Trade. In addition, the owner of the plant is now exploring the possibility of changing its purpose. This statement was made by a representative of the department at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security. Whether it is a question of conversion or reorientation to other aircraft is not specified. Samara Aviakor in recent years has been generating losses for hundreds of millions of rubles. Today, judging by data from various sources, the plant receives up to 50 percent of the volume of sales of products from aircraft overhaul. Experts say that the main reason for the negative financial indicator is the massive decommissioning of Tupolev machines. Negatively affect the plant and litigation with the Ministry of Defense. The military are trying to recover more than 2 billion 200 million rubles in advance from Samarans through court. The case concerns the delivery of 99 airplanes, of which the customer received only 4. The Samarans could not fully fulfill the contract, referring to the events in Ukraine that led to the breaking of all ties with the most important supplier, the Antonov Kharkov plant. In the appeal, Aviakor managed to reduce the claim to 1 billion 300 million. In addition, a criminal case has now been initiated against the plant’s general director Alexei Gusev. According to unofficial data, he illegally ordered an advance from the military, partially paying them expenses under other agreements and placing them on bank deposits.

miketheterrible wrote:Common issue with a lot of defense companies in Russia.  They are going to file for bankruptcy and sell off for pennies to Rostec or other enterprises.  This would be a good addition to Russian UAC/ROSTEC in getting the plant to overhaul military and civil jets they make and or supply spare parts.

Or a bank may purchase it and do something with it.

Wikipedia wrote:

In 2010, the plant virtually ceased to exist, the bankruptcy procedure was resumed. About 200 people remained from the 30,000-strong team.

The factory airfield "Saratov-Yuzhny" is closed, its territory is for sale. Almost all the hangars and the runway were dismantled . In the only remaining body of the airfield are held discos [5] .

Unique documents, photos and video archive disappeared in dilapidated buildings.

The new leadership of Oleg Fomin destroyed the memorial complex in memory of the victims of World War II [6] . The Folk Museum of the Saratov Aviation Plant also ceased to exist. Museum exhibits and two GKO banners were transferred to the museum of the Technical University of Saratov . The orders of the plant and the Banner of the Saratov Aviation Plant were withdrawn from those who bankrupted the plant only by the efforts of the Saratov police and were transferred to the regional museum of the Saratov region [7] .

On August 13, 2012, the arbitration court of the Saratov region decided to terminate the bankruptcy proceedings as part of the bankruptcy of the Saratov Aviation Plant and its exclusion from the Register of Legal Entities of the Russian Federation [8] . Thus, the multi-year bankruptcy procedure was completed.

On September 21, 2012, the Saratov Aviation Plant was deleted from the Register of Legal Entities of the Russian Federation.

This is the first case in the history of Soviet and Russian aviation, when the manufacturer discontinued operational and technical support (maintenance, repair, spare parts, etc.) of aircraft in service ( Yak-42 , Yak-42D).