Antonov An-124 Ruslan Details
The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is the largest aircraft ever mass produced, and was, until the advent of the An-225 Mriya. The An-124 Ruslan is often used by western companies to transport over-sized cargoes such as dam turbines to unusual and distant locations.
The An-124 is equipped with large loading doors at the rear end of the cargo compartment. The aircraft is currently serviced by, among other companies, Russian cargo company Volga-Dnepr which has been contracting with Boeing for delivery of outsize aircraft components to Boeing’s Everett plant. The civil version of the AN-124-100 was designed on the basis of AN-124 Ruslan heavy military transport aircraft having the biggest cargo capacity among all serially produced aircraft of the world. An-124s have been used to carry locomotives, yachts, aircraft fuselages, and a variety of other oversized cargoes. Antonov Airlines is a cargo airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. The AN-124 has been used to deliver 90 t hydraulic turbines, the Liebherr large dimension truck crane, the USA Euclid mine truck, the fuselage of the Tu-204 passenger aircraft, the 109 t locomotive, the General Electric GE90 aircraft engines, various combat vehicles, the Lynx anti-submarine helicopters, the spaceship in capsule and other unique cargoes. Like the military An-124s, the An-124-100M is able to carry 148 tonnes (326,192lb) of cargo, 28 tonnes (61,712lb) more than the standard An-124-100.
Specifications of the Anatov AN 124 Ruslan:
- Crew: 6
- Capacity: 88 passengers
- Payload: 150,000 kg (330,000 lb)
- Length: 68.96 m (226 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 73.3 m (240 ft 5 in)
- Height: 20.78 m (68 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 628 m² (6,760 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 175,000 kg (385,000 lb)
- Loaded weight: 405,000 kg (892,000 lb)
- Useful load: 230,000 kg (508,000 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 405,000 kg (893,000 lb)
- Powerplant: 4× Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofans, 229.5 kN (51,600 lbf) each
Performance of the Anatov AN 124 Ruslan
- Maximum speed: 865 km/h (467 kn (537 mph))
- Cruise speed: 800-850 km/h (430 kn (490 mph))
- Range: 5,400 km (2,900 nm, 3,360 mi (5,410 km))
- Service ceiling: 12,000 m (35,000 ft)
- Wing loading: 365 kg/m² (74.7 b/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.41
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