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Firebird wrote:
Only thing is, presidents refuse to fly in 2 engines.But everyone else doesn't have a choice.
I'd rather pay a little more and have 4 engines. Just as some people pay a little more and have a safer car/fly a safer airline.
william.boutros wrote:Il-96 is a plan B and trying to keep some expertise within the industry.
The plane is not competitive with twin engine planes. The body and wings are previous generation.
They will improve avionics and use new Russian engines in the new design but not more.
william.boutros wrote:Il-96 is a plan B and trying to keep some expertise within the industry.
The plane is not competitive with twin engine planes. The body and wings are previous generation.
They will improve avionics and use new Russian engines in the new design but not more.
Rodion_Romanovic wrote:
Even the 2021 version with 4 PS-90A1 engines can have also some success abroad among countries that have problems with the US politics (Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Syria, maybe in the future even Lybia and Egypt)t.
they are all country with large oil or naturale gas reserves.marat wrote:Same as capability of such "clients" to actually pay will shrink.
marat wrote:Same as capability of such "clients" to actually pay will shrink.
flamming_python wrote:marat wrote:Same as capability of such "clients" to actually pay will shrink.
Not neccessarily.
The countries that are diversifying their supply base are typically growing economies that are slowly moving away from the US, but still keep good relations with it.
Turkey, Egypt, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, etc...
Then you have the traditional Russian-orientated countries that have good enough relations with the West to avoid sanctions too and secure growth. Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Algeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and so on.
Neutral countries such as Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, most African states
But as for the Il-96 I think it would primarily be of interest to exactly those sanctioned countries with bad relations with the West that Russia is willing to operate a credit line for in exchange for natural resource rights.
So Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Belarus and so on.
Possibly some African states might be interested and Serbia too (if the Il-96 passenger version passes all certification in Europe).
Plans call for the Il-96’s twin-engine derivative to fly in 2025 and acquire certification two years later.
I believe that tu204 and A40/Be42 could be complementary in their use as naval patrol and ASW.Austin wrote:Looks like the Tu-204 production line will be running for quite some time
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2020-01-16/russia-considers-redundant-jetliners-anti-sub-role
Rodion_Romanovic wrote:I believe that tu204 and A40/Be42 could be complementary in their use as naval patrol and ASW.Austin wrote:Looks like the Tu-204 production line will be running for quite some time
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2020-01-16/russia-considers-redundant-jetliners-anti-sub-role
Afterwards, they use three different platforms now (il38, be12 and Tu142). In addition, the tu204 and the A40 could share the same engines.
william.boutros wrote:Weren't they going to use the Be-200?
kvs wrote:Miniaturizing ASW tech into an upsized drone would be more interesting. If they could do this, then they could run several drones
over target areas and get a more effective result.
Austin wrote:DELVING INSIDE THE “A320SKI”, RUSSIA’S IRKUT MC-21
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/industry-news/delving-inside-a320ski-russias-irkut-mc-21/
Rodion_Romanovic wrote:A lot of stupid things in the article. The wings do not need wingtip devices because they are already designed from the start to have the required aerodynamics characteristics without them. A320, 737 etc no.
By the way, more width in the cabin also means a larger aisle, facilitating the move of people and allowing 2 people to go up or down the aisle at the same time.
Austin wrote:Follow up to IL-96 design ?
http://tsagi.com/pressroom/news/4516/
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