SU-100 (airplane): specifications and photos

Aircraft construction is one of the most developed industries not only of the Soviet Union, but also of modern Russia. For many decades of continuous development of aircraft construction, a great number of models have been created for both serial and experimental production. At the same time, some of them could be used simultaneously for civilian and military purposes. In this article, we'll talk about the Su-100 aircraft. The aircraft with this marking was created by the aviation plant named after Yuri Gagarin (Komsomolsk-on-Amur).

Constructive characteristics

Let's consider features of the given passenger board. The Su-100 is a plane built on the basis of a normal layout scheme, that is, in fact, it is a turbofan subplane equipped with two motors and equipped with an arrow-type wing and a single-tailed empennage. In the wing there are single-slot flaps. The nose fairing, some elements of the mechanization of the wing and the streamlined part of its root section are made of special composite materials.

Instead of the usual for many pilot pilots, the designers provided for the side handle in the ship. In addition, the Su-100 is an aircraft equipped with algorithmic protection, preventing the risk of touching the runway's tail (runway). This technical feature made it possible to completely turn out to be the use of mechanical shock absorbers.

Historical reference

For the first time, the Su-100, whose photo is shown below, was delivered to carry out static tests on February 17, 2006. They passed in the Central Aerodynamic Institute. Professor Zhukovsky. And in a year and a half the official presentation of the first copy took place.

In November 2008, the Su-100 (aircraft) "Superjet" on the basis of the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation. Chaplygin first passed resource tests.

The first flight of the ship took place on December 24, 2008. The car was piloted by test pilots Leonid Chikunov and Nikolai Pushenko. Bort spent two and a half hours in the sky. The flight altitude did not exceed 6000 meters.

In the summer of 2009, the aircraft was exhibited at the international air show held in Le Bourget.

Preparation for mass production

From October 2008 to August 2010, the Su-100 passed the full volume of tests. The wings, fuselage, feathers, control system, chassis support assemblies, engine mounts, pylon, doors, passenger compartment and pilot cabin glazing and other important units and machine components were tested for strength. On the basis of these studies, all the necessary data were obtained, which led to the conclusion about the safety of the Su-100. All this led to the fact that the family SSJ100 was further developed.

On February 3, 2011, the Su-100 received a certificate from the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee. And exactly one year later the machine was awarded the EASA certificate. It was Sukhoi Superjet that was able to become the first passenger aircraft in Russia, which passed extremely strict certification in accordance with the rules of aviation CS-25 EASA.

Varieties

To date, the modifications of the Su-100 civil aircraft are the following - Sukhoi SuperJet 100LR and Sukhoi SuperJet 100SV. But if the first specified model is an operated car (it made its first flight on March 4, 2014), the second has only just passed the stage of preliminary design. According to the idea of specialists, SSJ-100SV (Stretched Version) will have to have an extended fuselage, and carry from 110 to 125 passengers. The take-off weight of it will be about 55 tons. Start of operation is planned for 2020.

Customer loyalty

Maintenance SSJ-100 - a separate topic for conversation. It is this aircraft is the first, the manufacturers of which provide their customers not just planned maintenance of equipment, but complex after-sales support.

It goes without saying that Russian carriers highly appreciated such a step of the domestic manufacturer in such an important issue, because this approach has long been implemented by various foreign companies. Therefore, this fact has largely determined the loyal attitude to the aircraft of all its users, or rather - air carriers.

Digital data

The modern Su-100 is a civilian aircraft. Let's consider its technical characteristics for the example of SuperJet 100-95B:

- length - 29.94 meters;

- height - 10.28 meters;

- the wingspan is 27.8 meters;

- fuselage diameter - 3.24 meters;

- take-off weight (maximum) - 45880 kg;

- landing weight (maximum) - 41000 kg;

- The largest commercial load - 12245 kg;

- empty weight - 24250 kg;

- cruising speed - 830 km / h;

- the maximum speed is 860 km / h;

- flight altitude - 12,200 m;

- range of flight - 3048 km;

- the number of passengers - up to 108 people;

- take-off length - 1731 m;

- fuel reserve - 15805 liters.

Accidents

During the entire existence of the Su-100, there were three states of emergency with his direct participation. The first tragedy occurred on May 9, 2012 near Jakarta, when the aircraft with the onboard number 97004 collided with a mountain. 45 people (passengers and crew) were killed.

On July 21, 2013, landing of 97005 was carried out on the runway with the unreleased landing gear. After the incident, the car was repaired and again allowed to operate.

On October 25, 2015, the plane suffered damage during towing to the terminal at number 1 at the airport of Iceland. The ship hooked the telescopic gangway. No harm done.

Combat version

The Su-100 (the aircraft described in this article) also has military execution. Not everyone of us knows that already in a fairly distant 1963 Sukhoi design bureau designed a supersonic strategic bomber-missile carrier with the specified cipher. The internal marking of this aircraft was T-4.

At that time, the car was truly fantastic, because it was armed with cruise missiles equipped with nuclear warheads. In Western countries, the aircraft was nicknamed the "Russian miracle." By the way, even today "sotka" has no analogues in the world in terms of technical characteristics.

Features of T-4

In this plane, for the first time, an electric-distance system was used that controlled the steering surfaces. It was she who provided the required characteristics of the machine.

The crew cabin did not have a protruding lantern. During the flight, the nose of the fuselage was raised so high that the pilots did not have an extensive view through the front glass, so the flight was in the mode of using imaging devices. At the time of takeoff or landing, the forward part was tilted down along with the radar station.

The pilot and navigator sat on one straight line, placing one after another. Behind the cabin is a compartment in which the equipment of the electronic complex was located.

The car had the main landing gear racks, which were in special nacelles. The engines were placed in pairs under each wing. In the airplane, an air intake of mixed compression was used for the first time.

The aircraft ship had advanced navigation and piloting systems, through which it was possible to operate the machine absolutely in all conditions of the environment and in any day and night.

T-4 was able to make a fairly long flight with a speed of 3200 km / h. At the same time, the flight altitude could be 20 kilometers, and the range of the uninterrupted flight is about 6,000 kilometers. Therefore it is easy to understand Americans who feared this plane as a fire, because its capabilities made it possible to easily inflict a nuclear missile strike on strategically important US facilities, breaking the distance between the USSR and America in a short period of time.

Because of the strong friction about the air during the flight, the airplane body undergoes the strongest heating. In this regard, as the main element of the design was chosen titanium and stainless steel grade of the highest quality. This solution significantly reduced the weight of the aircraft and, correspondingly, fuel consumption.

Modifications of the combat aircraft SU-100 were different. For example, there was a version of a machine called the T-4 M, in which the sweep of the wing was changed and the power plant was modernized. A variant of T-4MS was also developed. But both these planes were rejected by the country's leadership.

The reasons for the closure of the projects were the following:

- the work was considered hopeless;

- Sukhoi Design Bureau did not have adequate production facilities for carrying out extended state flight tests.

- Expensive aircraft, although he did not require mass production.

Conclusion

Summing up, we note that the Su-100 is an aircraft, which is still under the scrutiny of engineers and users. According to forecasts of specialists, the demand for the machine will continue to grow, which is quite logical given the ratio of its cost, reliability and quality.