Post by karl on Jan 18, 2019 16:38:01 GMT -7
The Soviet time in Russian history was to be the stimulus for a new airliner from a bomber. This was re-engineering the Tu-95 bomber in to a civil transport machine named: Tu-114. In many ways was this very large aircraft machine some what remarkable. The airframe was a time proven concept designed and manufactured to with stand combat damage with associated reliability.
The powerplants were large Turboprop with counter rotating propellers. The remarkable design of the propellers were the tips could reach in to supersonic speeds with out destruction that normal propeller designs of the time would be subject to. With this over the turbo jet designs of the time, to be more fuel efficient. The down side that is not shown in the video, is the noise of the design. To be usable as a civilian transport would require considerable insulation in to the fuselage construction.
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Karl
The powerplants were large Turboprop with counter rotating propellers. The remarkable design of the propellers were the tips could reach in to supersonic speeds with out destruction that normal propeller designs of the time would be subject to. With this over the turbo jet designs of the time, to be more fuel efficient. The down side that is not shown in the video, is the noise of the design. To be usable as a civilian transport would require considerable insulation in to the fuselage construction.
Presenter
Karl