The timing of the start of flight tests of the light aircraft "Baikal" created to replace the An-2 has been announced

Flight tests of the light multipurpose aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal", created to replace the AN-2, will begin in October this year. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Oleg Bocharov.

At a meeting in Volgograd dedicated to the problems of small aviationBocharov said that the first flight of "Baikal" is scheduled for October this year. Representatives of all airlines interested in this aircraft will be invited to the viewing.

Bocharov also touched upon the planned release of a new promising aircraft, stating that by 2024 its production should be 30 units per year, after which the volume will increase and reach 50 aircraft. Additional production is planned to open in the Far East. According to him, "Baikal" should become a "flying bus" and completely replace the legendary An-2 "Kukuruznik".

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin set the task of launching a new aircraft into serial production in 2024.

LMS-901 "Baikal" has a length of 12,2 meters, a height of 3,7 meters and a wingspan of 16,5 meters. Maximum takeoff weight - 4,8 tons, speed - up to 300 km / h. The maximum flight range is 3 thousand km. Seats 9 passengers and can carry up to 2 tons of payload. At present, the General Electric H80-200 engine is installed on it, but in the future it will be replaced by the Russian VK-800S.

Comments

[andr327]

At last. But 30-50 pieces a year when thousands are needed ...

[Bashkirkhan]

At present, the General Electric H80-200 engine is installed on it, but in the future it will be replaced by the Russian VK-800S.

These thousands need to be equipped with a Russian engine, which is not yet available. By the way, China produces light multipurpose aircraft Y5B (Y-5BG), which is a licensed copy of the Soviet An-2 aircraft. The USSR itself has been buying an-20 over the hill for 2 years.

[SKVichyakow]

In my opinion, the most beautiful of all proposed, a biplane with twisting lower wingtips to the top.

[hrych]

The biplane is good, but it's a question of resistance and speed. The An-2 has a cruising speed of 180 km / h and a maximum speed of 236 km / h. Now on a wagon and a modern bus, you can accelerate along a good road, of course. And here we are promised a cruising speed of 300 km / h, i.e. the maximum will turn out to be more than 400. Imagine flying twice as fast. Well, the range. An-2 is not more than a thousand, but here it is three times. Whatnot cannot fly fast and far. The test word is air resistance. I understand that it's nice to remember when the trees were big

[For example]

Quote: Bashkirkhan

The USSR itself has been buying an-20 over the hill for 2 years.

The USSR was engaged in self-destruction - AN-2 production was moved to Poland.
MI-2 was also produced there.
L29, L39, L410, as well as trams were produced in the Czech Republic.

Well, in the Czech Republic there was at least something of its own, and the Poles simply built factories and trained personnel.

Hungarians built Icarus.

The USSR did not buy, the USSR in fact did not let the Poles, Hungarians and other Czechs die of hunger, and placed orders for what it could produce on its territory.

For which he paid. The democrats and other Ukrainian tribalists got sick. They turned into old women from Pushkin's fairy tale and wanted to rule over the gold fish.

And on the Volga, my grandmother bought pork and immediately handed it over as hers, since she was obliged to hand it over. Otherwise they will tear.
And the children of the gophers ate.

This was the policy of those who, with shouts of "mom", threw themselves into the chairs of the leaders after Stalin's death.
Damn.

[hrych]

Quote: For example

CCCP was engaged in self-destruction

The ideology of Trotskyism in action. "Russia - a bundle of brushwood in the fire of the world revolution." That's at the expense of the RSFSR and fed the parasites. Moreover, in the Baltics, etc., they located the radio-electronic industry, the production of canned food, pharmaceutical factories, and ours is heavy and dirty. They go to work in jackets, to work in clean robes, and we have kirzachi ... But nothing, everything is back to normal and now Russia is the leader in jet and nuclear technologies, which is the most advanced on the planet, and they clean toilets in despicable Ireland. ..

[Agent cooper]

Surprisingly, the USSR has disintegrated - there is no one to feed, but Russians are now feeding themselves with difficulty, the retirement age has been raised, and microelectronics is completely absent from the word: lagging behind the West in microelectronic technologies for decades.

[hrych]

Dya, dya, of course? There is no electronics of the type, but the military electronics of the air defense systems, avionics and GSU BR and KR are the best Rub your glasses to someone else

[Agent cooper]

Dya dya, dimwitted. All the electronic industry uses the equipment that the West allows for sale. Learn materiel then insert your five cents. For the defense industry, and transistors of the last century are often suitable.

[hrych]

Quote: Agent Cooper

near

And the distant one? I was at two instrument-making factories, they do things that you and the Chinese have never dreamed of

[Rubi0]

So it is in everything, Antonov also moved from Novosibirsk, the construction of aircraft carriers, too, when they were choosing between Leningrad and Nikolaev, in fact, even then the Ukrainians cheated and only after it turned out that they would not pass along the Southern Bug and it was necessary to coal the fairway, which they quietly kept silent when making a decision ...

[Elturisto]

What problems with memory do you have - Czechoslovakia, Poland and others were allies of the USSR, and in return for the USSR supplied military and civil aircraft, energetic equipment and much more. Was it still better than buying Boeings now, or is it different?

[IS-80_RVGK2]

TVS-2DTS claimed a speed of up to 350 km / h and a range of about 3000 km. And in general, what purposes do you need it for? Using hypersound to overcome the air defense of America with the bombing of New York with special ammunition?

[gurzuf]

Quote: hrych

Now on a wagon and a modern bus, you can accelerate along a good road, of course.

... and in a straight line through rivers and forests will you accelerate on a bus?

[Troll]

Today, for thousands, there are neither resources nor suitable infrastructure.

[Looking for]

and what is needed for this "aviette" much?

[Troll]

Yes. It takes a lot. We need pilots, we need a network of airfields, and we need a payback for all this.

[Piramidon]

Quote: andr327

At last. But 30-50 pieces a year when thousands are needed ...

Who needs it? The airlines don't queue up for him. Local airlines are not profitable for them.

[g1v2]

Why not millions? An2 and its class brothers in our airlines fly around 50. Another 40 L410. The same amount is needed by government agencies. Export opportunities are in question. How much can be sold abroad - xs. We have a common market for such aircraft, if we have a hundred. Well, okay - 200 pieces. Tch 30-50 pieces per year it is doubtful what will be produced. Rather 20 pieces a year. It just doesn't make sense anymore. But if it is possible to conclude a serious contract abroad, then they may begin to produce 30-40 pieces, but this is doubtful. Tch pieces for 20 per year, I would be guided.

[polar fox]

Quote: andr327

At last. But 30-50 pieces a year when thousands are needed ...

where can you recruit pilots? and technicians? and who will build airfields?

[demiurg]

It will not replace the An-2.
You need two pilots, or a maximum like 9 passengers.
And An-2 was repaired on its knee, sat down with the engine muffled, the runway was any level glade more than two hundred meters.
There will be a good (or bad) universal light aircraft.
But the title of legend must be earned.

[Cat Alexandrovich]

I agree that this is not a replacement for the AN-2. M. b. in its own way and a good airplane will turn out, we'll see, but positioning it as a "replacement", I think, is simply wrong.

[Nazar]

Aleksandrovich the Cat - For whom is this a "good airplane"? Take a closer look at the photo before the article - the nose of the car is so raised to the top that the pilot cannot see the runway in front of the aircraft at all due to the engine. And how will this product take off from an "unprepared runway" - at "maybe" without looking? Well, and yet, when landing the passengers, how can you crawl onto the front seats with such a slope of the floor? And if the passenger is a woman with a child in her arms? The bourgeois counterparts of such a device - there are front landing gears - and the runway is visible and the floor in the cabin does not stand on end. The fact that the authors of this "miracle" have no idea about the conditions under which it will be operated can be seen from only one detail - "bast shoes" on the front chassis, with such "beauty" it is impossible to take off from a clearing overgrown with grass, nor sit on it.

[Cat Alexandrovich]

I agree with your arguments. I'm not a great specialist in aviation, that's why I paid attention to the most obvious. And in specific details, I see you are right!

[Nazar]

Kot Aleksandrovich - I am a civil engineer, I worked in the North for many years, I know very well what working conditions there are, I have dealt with AN-2 for years, and the product that is in the photo in the article is not suitable for work in the North.

[KVIRTU]

Yeah. Interior height 1,6. The engine power is excessive, therefore the biplane scheme was abandoned. With a carrying capacity of 2 tons, 9 places, for the sake of FAPs copied from American ones, we need 20 places.

[Kuz]

Quote: demiurg

There will be a good (or bad) universal light aircraft.
But the title of legend must be earned

Well, where do you have to start. The previous version turned out to be gold.

[Woodman]

Quote: demiurg

, The runway is any level glade more than two hundred meters.

Something like this ...

The task of meeting the requirements of the TK is solved by minimizing the mass of an empty aircraft, which in the LMS-901 is almost 1400 kg less than that of the An-2. At the same time, with the same load as the An-2, the aircraft has a normal take-off weight of 3700 kg, with which it can easily take off from a distance of 200-220 meters.

The aircraft will be mainly operated on unpaved airfields, therefore, the requirements for soil strength are the same as for the An-2. In the basic version with 720 mm wheels, the LMS-901 can be operated on unpaved runways with a bearing capacity of 4 kg per square centimeter.

[Constanty]

It would not be better to resume production of An-a with an upgrade to the previously proposed Suchoj
It's still a biplane, but instead of struts, winglets are built into the upper wing. The fenders have skin, ribs and stringers made from carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials. This should provide a 50% increase in cruising speed and top speed. According to the manufacturer, the aircraft's minimum speed is close to zero. The drive is likely to be a Honeywell TPE331 gas turbine engine, which drives a five-blade propeller. Maybe now the engine can be exchanged for the Russian VK-800S.

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: Constanty

It would not be better to resume production of An-a with an upgrade to the previously proposed Suchoj

Maybe not Sukhoi, but still SIBNIIA.
They wanted him, there was even some chatter in the media.
But, there is again an American engine, a lot of composites, and, most importantly, the manufacturer is not UZGA, there are no lobbyists in the government.

[Constanty]

Yes - of course I wrote about SIBNIIA and SibNIA TVS-2-DTS

There are also many composites in this new "Baikal". Since it has the ability to use Russian composites and it is planned to install a Russian engine, there is no reason why TVS-2-DTS - the aircraft based on the An-2 should not be made of Russian

[loki565]

Why sculpt a biplane when it loses to modern monoplanes? Yes, and with composites, not everything is so simple.

[Constanty]

For greater maneuverability, low takeoff and landing speed, and hence the possibility of using any small landing pads, glades

[loki565]

For greater maneuverability, low takeoff and landing speed, and hence the possibility of using any small landing pads, glades

An2 maneuverable? speed, range, weight and carrying capacity will be inferior to a similar monoplane in everything, and it will be more expensive to manufacture. For this reason, biplanes have been abandoned all over the world. So there is one option, this is another kind of Cessna Caravan

[John22]

All over the world there are airfields and lanes, in extreme cases, paved roads. And we won't have roads for another 100 years. And it is easier to land on the ground for a biplane. So it goes.

[Reserve buildbat]

There are already 9 passengers. The An-2 had 12. And the landing gear with a tailwheel is high time to change. And "bast shoes" in operation will be removed first of all ... Strange replacement. The impression that it was composed by "managers" who do not know where, how and why the An-2 was used. For these, the main thing is that "prettier and flies faster" ...

[APASUS]

Such a market, such volumes cannot create a replacement in any way, what is happening? Where are these businessmen? Well, they would repeat the An-2 from plastic, but a modern engine and that's it.

[akropin]

Apparently, the business is not interested in investing, but getting the maximum profit from the existing technology.

[APASUS]

Quote: akropin

Apparently, the business is not interested in investing, but getting the maximum profit from the existing technology.

You can't get anything out of the AN-2, and there is no full-fledged replacement. Here, most likely, our business is lobbying for certain models that are not at all suitable for this role.

[dauria]

Where are these businessmen?

Do not go into this "business". Precisely because they are businessmen. On your own - risky and long, on a loan from Nabiulina - not just risky, but also ridiculous. The story with the training SR-10 showed this. An excellent plane, desperately needed, but what's the point?
An-2 "for small" can not be repeated because of the cunning laws. He is already on the "edge of the law" when he takes more than 9 people. There is no customs fence for imported used ones. And they are cheap and great.
Aviation is always the first to suffer during economic downturns and the last to rise. A direct replacement for the An-2 has been flying in Russia for a long time with excellent results. True Canadian-built.

[John22]

What is this car? I see it for the first time. the machine is suitable if the wing mechanization is good and there are slats.

[dauria]

What is this car?

De-Haviland DHC -6. Check it out on the net. The device was created by the same guys who made the famous six-seater DHC-2 Beaver right after the war. Especially for hard-to-reach areas and landings "where you have to".
Quickly interchangeable chassis (skis, floats, low pressure and large diameter tires). Two-piece flaps and hover ailerons. Produced since 66th year. And now the "400 series" has been resumed again.
The most offensive thing is that we had such an An-28. Antonov even got a license for engines from the French "Turbomeka".
Yes, our clever people then cajoled the Czechs. Hacked down their Yak-30, and gave An to the Poles to please the L-29 and L-410 Elk

[John22]

Thanks for the info. I know Beaver is a good plane. He was a competitor to our Annushka.

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: APASUS

Well, they would repeat the An-2 from plastic, but a modern engine and that's it.

The plastic was repeated.
But there are no engines, neither modern nor old.
Well, and again, they did not fit into the price of AH2.

[loki565]

This will not work, the biplane loses to modern aircraft, the maximum that will turn out is another version of the Cessna Caravan

[abc_alex]

Quote: APASUS

Such a market, such volumes cannot create a replacement in any way, what is happening? Where are these businessmen? Well, they would repeat the An-2 from plastic, but a modern engine and that's it.

It's simple.
Today's owners of An-2 aircraft received their aircraft either free of charge as a result of the collapse of Soviet organizations, or at residual prices, which, taking into account decades of operation of the "corn plants", were very low. Over the past years, a structure of maintenance and restoration has developed around the An-2. There are factories that restore engines in an industrial way, there is a market for spare parts, there are, after all, Chinese ones. In this market, replacing an engine with a factory rebuilt engine costs thousands of dollars.
Based on this, a market for small aircraft services has developed. And in this market, prices have practically reached the limit of effective demand.
And the state-owned engines of "replacements" An-2 cost HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars. Here is the same composite TVS-2MS, the motor has a price of under a million dollars apiece. It is not difficult to find tender documents on the Internet for its purchase. Accordingly, the price of the plane went off scale for 150+ million rubles. For comparison, the AN-2 after full restoration can be found for 7 million. Here's the reason. More than 20 times the difference in the purchase price.
How do you think you can cover such a difference? Raise service prices 20 times? Demand will decrease 20 times.

[Piramidon]

Quote: APASUS

Where are these businessmen?

They are not interested in local airlines. Who will fly from one village to another now at such prices?

[Sergey Kulikov_3]

Wait until all businessmen invest in the production of bottled water and furniture, they have not yet mastered the candom market, and you want them to do something more sensible, this does not happen.

[Nafanya from the sofa]

That's when there will be "our", the Russian engine, then there will be an airplane. And so this is all manilovism.

[Mouse]

"Corn" will sink into oblivion ??? It's a pity ...

[newcomer]

It flies for a long time.

[Basarev]

"Baikal" should become a "flying bus" and completely replace the legendary An-2 "Kukuruznik".

They won't succeed, and it's not even the plane. The village is now in absolute poverty and not everyone can afford even that ancient An-2. From there people run away not at all because of the natural fussiness of character. There are no jobs at all, and the available meager earnings are sometimes not even enough for food. And even the most remarkable aircraft will not be in demand as long as such a dire situation persists. That is, they are coming from the wrong side. You need to start with the village. If there is a rich village that can afford an airfield and air transportation is profitable, there will be a demand for airplanes. Many thousandth. True, for this you need to work, all the time strained to think, cut the embezzlers without regard to kinship, give as much economic preferences and local powers as possible ... And not suck crude oil. So there will be no rich village and mass small aircraft. Not at the mercy of a person and her vile clan.

[Sling cutter]

Quote: Basarev

They won't succeed, and it's not even the plane. The village is now in absolute poverty and not everyone can afford even that ancient An-2. From there people run away not at all because of the natural fussiness of character. Work places

It couldn't be better! +++++

Quote: Basarev

Not sucking on crude oil. So there will be no rich village and mass small aircraft. Not at the mercy of a person and her vile clan.

[hrych]

Quote: Basarev

They will not succeed

So it’s not really for the village. More likely for hard-to-reach areas, both passenger and transport. With regards to the Village, well, there is chemical treatment, pollination, etc., in the future, it should be unmanned. Or something autogyro. And the village is now strong with agricultural holdings, which can quite afford cool equipment. Harvesters now cost over 10 million. A modern autogyro now costs less than five. Why would the village have a ten-seat plane?

[Brturin]

Quote: hrych

Why would the village have a ten-seat plane?

26 Aug "Alpha-KM" (MAI-411) is a four-seat aircraft of the Moscow Aviation Institute and the "Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant" ... strip in the region. The flight lasted two and a half hours; by car, this route has to be done in six hours. Between Kizlyar and Machada there are about 2 km, while half of the way is in the highlands ... In 300, the aircraft was tested in accordance with FAP-2019 and received a certificate of airworthiness for a single aircraft. ... The total investment amounted to about 118 million rubles. https://mai.ru/press/news/detail.php?ID=200
But “All components of the aircraft, except for the engine, are Russian-made. The engine is made in Austria, but in the future it is also planned to be replaced by a Russian one ”.

[abc_alex]

Quote: hrych

So it’s not really for the village. More likely for hard-to-reach areas, both passenger and transport.

150 million rubles purchase. Add fuel and service. In what hard-to-reach places can you beat off that kind of money? And the plane is not the only one needed.

[hrych]

Nothing, some Gazprom will pay for flights to its facility and its village. And the rest of the state will date. Everything that is difficult to access is associated with necessity, primarily with the extractive industry, which is also highly profitable. Military townships are also provided.

[abc_alex]

Quote: hrych

Nothing, some Gazprom will pay for flights to its facility and its village.

Well, Gazprom will buy it. How much does he need there? 20 boards? Or 30? Rosneft still, maybe, although they seem to fly on "Czech" ... And in Russia now there are about 1500 civilian An-2

[Sling cutter]

Quote: hrych

So it’s not really for the village. Quickly for hard-to-reach areas

This plane should restore regional and interregional air traffic, because the distance from the regional center to the regional centers can reach 150-200 km or more. Also suitable for -sanaviation and DOSAAF.
We have already forgotten that in the USSR this was quite developed.
Now the governors have solved the problem not only for themselves by purchasing comfortable imported helicopters. And there is nothing to do with ordinary citizens.

[Piramidon]

Quote: Basarev

The village is now in absolute poverty and not everyone can afford even that ancient An-2.

Even a bus is not affordable for everyone.

[Sling cutter]

Quote: Piramidon

Even a bus is not affordable for everyone.

And here is how not to remember the USSR, when from the regional center it was possible for 2 rubles 50kop. fly to the regional center 150 km away, spending about an hour.

[Titus_2]

Someone basically minuses you, although I see no reason. Moreover, not the first year I have been trying to correct the deeds of your "fans".

[Sling cutter]

Quote: Titus_2

Tit_2 (Alexey Titov

Thank you for your support, Comrade !!!
No Pasaran!!!

[Sergey Kulikov_3]

The collective farmers of Yakutia probably greet you especially, they don’t want to sprinkle the taiga with fertilizers, they need to get home. Have you sucked crude oil? Well, I'm just wondering, oil painting: did you come in, suck and do you have "crude oil"?

[Basarev]

This refers to the vicious mono-export economy of Russia, when the main export commodity is raw materials and personally oil. There are no barriers to the production of much more high-tech and valuable goods, but the people responsible for the economy made a well out of the country, because it is much easier, cheaper and does not distract from really important thoughts about dogs, ducks and fur stores. And high-tech exports and a decrease in oil dependence ... Well, they are difficult, it is easier to cover the fall in oil prices with taxes and fines - this is what noble gentlemen think.

[Sergey Kulikov_3]

1) Where did you see the "mono-export economy of Russia"?
2) Do you really think what to find in Siberia, drill wells, extract and deliver oil is easy !?

[Basarev]

Indeed. I have heard about calculations according to which over 70% of all export revenues come from the export of raw materials. And yes, finding, drilling, extracting and delivering oil is not so difficult. Even a primitive country like Angola can cope. In any case, electronics is orders of magnitude more complex. For example, I have not seen enterprises of the ASML and TSMC level in Russia. And only the oak Zelenograd with its decades old process.

[Bad_gr]

Here, for the life of me, I can't understand this obsessive thought, improve the AN-2!
The replacement of the An-2 was prepared back in the days of the USSR and a very decent aircraft, the AN-14 "Bee", was created.

But they decided that it did not quite correspond and the next step was the AN-28, which proved itself only from the good side.

Well, recreate its production or a similar aircraft, why did you cling to this An-2? If this is a matter of principle, then you really need to be principled to the end and bring to mind the plane of the Wright brothers. With a modern engine and glass cockpit, respectively.

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: Bad_gr

then you really need to be principled to the end and bring to mind the plane of the Wright brothers. With a modern engine and glass cockpit,

so that's the point, as soon as there is a glass cabin, security systems, and so on, so on, so to meet all the guests, the price flies over the clouds.
The maize was good for its simplicity on the verge of primitiveness.

[Nazar]

Bad_gr - The car you are describing was produced under license in Poland, and now, after fairly modernizing, it is used in the Special Forces. US operations And as for the "recreate" - in the Russian Federation, for several years now, the production of IL114 has been "recreated", the machine corresponds to the middle of the last century in terms of technical level - Uzbekistan (!) Mass-produced it, all the technical documentation is available and a lot of money was spent, and there was no series either no, there is one copy, and that one is assembled from parts exported from Tashkent. So it's not the "principle" of AN-2 to copy, but a simple "cut" through UZGA - their daughter "Baikalingengineering", which designs this airplane - LLC with an authorized capital of 10 thousand rubles and with 1,5 full-time employees.

[Bad_gr]

Quote: Nazar

The car you are describing was produced under license in Poland,

An-38 (further development of the An-28) was produced here

An-38, which is the successor of the An-28, is very difficult to call purely Ukrainian. The aircraft, designed at the OKB named after OK Antonov, was put into serial production at the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association named after V.P. Chkalov. The design documentation for the production aircraft was transferred to the NAPO plant in 1991 ...

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/craft/an38.html

[spectr]

He would have a hybrid engine and an autonomous charging system, then he could become a "flying bus".

[Hort]

the main thing is that the fate of the previous ones does not befall. And then the trotter there was also presented as a substitute for "An-2" ....
And in general, the more light engines for different tasks, the more developed the airfield network will be

[ODERVIT]

Successful flight and ground operation, in spite of skeptics.

[alch3mist]

And, as I understand it, no one is bothered by the long-standing problem: what is it like to sit in an airplane with a sloping floor in cold weather. That is, it doesn't count as a problem at all.

[Piramidon]

Quote: alch3mist

And, as I understand it, no one is bothered by the long-standing problem: what is it like to sit in an airplane with a sloping floor in cold weather. That is, it doesn't count as a problem at all.

I don't understand either, why not make a tricycle landing gear?

[Nazar]

alch3mist - I wrote about it above and just like you got your "minus". UZGA agents are not sleeping - they are promoting their freak

[Alexfly]

Well, the AN-2 also flew all his life on the American Wright R-1820, there are no engines of its own and will not be ... The remotorization of MI-2 was ripe in the early 80s, but nothing came of it. They wanted to put the theater on Annushka, also nowhere ..

[seregatara1969]

And what does the knowledge of the start date of the tests give us? We needed real planes yesterday

[faiver]

sho, again? and again the same imported motor, and only then, in the future, domestic, these dances with tambourines have been going on for the second decade ...

[Slippery]

Quote: Bad_gr

Here, for the life of me, I can't understand this obsessive thought, improve the AN-2!
The replacement of the An-2 was prepared back in the days of the USSR and a very decent aircraft, the AN-14 "Bee", was created.

You are mistaken, designing is easier than producing, which is why we have so many projects in our country. The production of an aircraft is hundreds if not a thousand suppliers, and they must be selected with the fulfillment of the conditions for certification, plus not everything is produced by us, plus sanctions, your logistics department will occupy a floor. try to find an argonian in your city and find out its prices. Yes, even the allocation of electrical power will make you laugh nervously when you see the price of connecting at least 0,5 MW. And you can't put production on generators. Aviation fans have no money, and business (according to many officials) should pay taxes and not play in the production of airplanes. So they turned into a country of traders and designers. Alas.

[Alex_You]

What was good about the An-2 is that in the first place I wanted to leave it as soon as possible. What is there with a parachute or we can forget that on board later in the flight, the main thing is to get out of the "maize".

[fa2998]

Quote: demiurg

And An-2 was repaired on its knee, sat down with the engine muffled, the runway was any level glade more than two hundred meters.

You missed the most interesting thing, it was cheap! And this is a composite miracle, but with an American engine, you can take it to exhibitions for a long time, there are enough of such aircraft in the world, maybe they will find STATE money for several pieces to support manufacturers.

[123456789]

At the MAKS-2021 air show MAKS-901, Deputy Chief Designer for Aircraft Construction of Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC Vladimir Pavlovich LAPSHIN spoke in detail about the LMS-2 Baikal multipurpose aircraft, which is replacing the legendary An-1947, which was born in XNUMX and until recently performed a significant part of the tasks of small aircraft.
By the end of 2021, the car should make its first flight.
The aircraft is created by the company "Baikal-Engineering".
Compared to its predecessor, "Baikal" will have smaller dimensions, higher speed, and the ability to fly longer without refueling. "Baikal" has a cruising speed one and a half times higher: instead of 200 - 300 km per hour. The flight range is at least 1500 km.
The aircraft must operate at temperatures ranging from -50 ° C to + 55 ° C and use unpaved airfields. The maximum take-off / run length is 250 m. With the basic composition of on-board radio-electronic equipment, the flying "off-road vehicle" must operate up to 73 ° north latitude. The cost of the car was limited to 120 million rubles, the cost of a flight hour - 30 thousand rubles.
Authors of the video: Alex Gomberg and Alexander Yaskevich (belenkur)
2021 year

[mark1]

LMS-901 "Baikal" is a kind of reworking of the T-90 "Grach" airplane of the 101s. It was even launched into a series and the Airborne Forces looked after themselves ... but it did not work (at the plant somewhere 20 car sets were lying around in 2010) This is where the legs of the UZGA "Baikal" grow. The plane, of course, is good and necessary, but not universal and will not be able to completely replace the An-2. It was not worth dropping the STV-2DT, they both would have found a place, especially since a pair of VK-650 could be put on the "maize"

[Nazar]

123456789 - Looking at the very first frame where this product is depicted, it immediately becomes clear that from the point from which the pilot was taken, the pilot is not visible at all, respectively, and the pilot does not see what is there ... and this is just the runway in front of the aircraft, well and how will "it" take off from an unprepared runway? "Instrument"?

[Titus_2]

Based on the cost of a flight hour, it can be understood that this will not be available to ordinary people, and no one in the government is going to date. Apparently the sling cutter was nominated for the fact that he wrote that for 2.50 rubles. under the USSR, people flew.

[Gippo]

On the AN-2 stood as simple as an ax ASh-62, developed during the time of the mustachioed bloody tyrant.
That ran on gasoline.
Today's humanists and soul-lovers propose to put whistle-making on pure kerosene on the new plane.
And where in Nizhny Tulym is there any fuel for this miracle?

[avia12005]

I am embarrassed to ask: will the plane be equipped with a collective parachute rescue system or not? They promised ...

[Roma 1977]

Something dubious. In my memory, it is not the first "corn killer", but for some reason it does not take off.

[senima56]

Already how many "replacements" were there for the long-suffering AN-2! Already how many terms have been called .... And in the sky is still AN-2!

[Ross xnumx]

It's amazing how many specialists and people are on the site who are simply rooting for Russian aviation.
Why are there mediocrities in these corporations who have been reinventing the wheel for more than thirty years?

[AntiAleks]

Have you resumed the production of Cornflour? What a news! The main thing is that no one is surprised. If 5 fighters fall per month, then replacing them with a maize plant is the very thing.

[Reserve buildbat]

Flight tests of the 1999th attempt to replace the An-2 will begin in October ... How many years have they been changing, they cannot change in any way ... It's not even funny anymore.

[Real Pilot]

There is another important point.
Aviation during this time, since the appearance of the An-2 and similar equipment, has stepped far forward.
Both in terms of technology and requirements for design, production, certification, etc.

That is, now to do mass passenger an airplane with wooden wings covered with fabric and the simplest engine according to old drawings is simply unrealistic! It will not be allowed to pass due to safety requirements, it will not pass destructive testing at the test bench, such an aircraft will not be awarded a certificate of airworthiness ...
What fully corresponded to the 40-50s of the 20th century is now unacceptable and will not come out into the sky!
Therefore, composite materials, engines with electronic systems, restrictions on the number of passengers for types and categories of aircraft, life and technology insurance.

You can rivet anything in the garage yourself, even fly it quietly. But there is no way to enter the air transportation market.

And in China now there is such a boom in aircraft construction, since the bar for quality and reliability is much lower, they have chosen the vector of development with "natural selection".
And when our great aircraft designers created their masterpieces, they had much more room for maneuver.
The global aviation industry has become in many ways a hostage to its own achievements.