How big is the An-225 transport aircraft ? Only when I put it together with C5 did I understand what is a giant in the sky"
On August 24, at the celebration ceremony celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, Ukraine held a grand military parade to show Ukraine to the outside world and its people Military strength and the results achieved in recent decades. In this military parade, the Ukrainian military sent tanks, armored vehicles, missile transport vehicles and various types of fighter transport aircraft to participate. The entire military parade lasted 3 hours. However, in this military parade, apart from the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft, the weapons and equipment displayed in Ukraine seem to be still in the Soviet era. They are still using Soviet weapons and equipment. There are fewer new weapons and equipment, and the An 225 "Dream". The transport plane has also become the most beautiful star in this military parade, and it is also the only point of concern to the outside world.
An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft
And in this issue, the editor will take you to understand the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft, and see what is unique about this transport aircraft and why Can arouse everyone's attention.
The An225 "Dream" transport aircraft is a super large transport aircraft with an off-land weight of more than 640 tons. It is by far the world's largest transport aircraft and aircraft with the largest weight, and it is also the aircraft with the longest fuselage so far. And there is only one in the world. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , this An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft was owned by Ukraine. Therefore, Ukraine has become the only country in the world with the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft. This is why the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft has become the object of attention during the military parade. There are two key points, that is, the "big "And "unique".
An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft
Let us first understand the history of the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft. The An 225 was also born during the US-Soviet Cold War and is a product of the space race . It was a large transport aircraft designed at that time due to the transportation needs of the space shuttle and other rocket equipment.In fact, the development time of this aircraft was not long. The design began in the spring of 1985, and it was completed and shipped on November 30, 1988, and the first test flight took place in Kiev on December 21. The reason why the development cycle can be so short is to a large extent because most of the concept of the 225 "Dream" transport aircraft is derived from another Soviet large transport aircraft An-124 , based on the latter, extending its fuselage design Come.
The "Blizzard" space shuttle carried on the back of the An225 "Dream" transport aircraft
At the same time, in order to carry the "Blizzard" space shuttle on its back, avoid the space shuttle generated during the flight. Turbulence, the original single vertical tail design of Yuanan-124 is replaced by two symmetrical vertical tails located at the end of the horizontal tail, and it becomes a tail with an "H" shape from the front. This is also the difference between the two. The biggest place. In addition, in order to obtain more thrust for take-off weight and size, the An-124 was originally equipped with four advanced design bureau D-18T turbofan engines with high bypass ratio, but the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft was increased. There are as many as six.
An225
However, on the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union's economy at that time had deteriorated to be insufficient to support the expensive space program, the actual launch of the "Blizzard" space shuttle ended after a successful launch. The 225 "Dream" transport aircraft also stagnated as a result. The An-225, which was designed and built specifically for the space program, naturally lost its meaning. So far, only one An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft has been built, and the other one has not yet been completed. On December 26, 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated and the former superpower was divided into fifteen. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, many ongoing plans during the Soviet era were cancelled or terminated, including the construction plan of the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft. The second An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft being manufactured was sealed up, and the first was sealed. Ukraine inherited, and Ukraine became the only country with the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft.
An 225 transport plane is loading materials
However, because the An 225 "dream" transport plane is too big,Generally, airports cannot take off and land, and military transportation is not practical. In addition, Ukraine’s national power is limited. If only such a transport aircraft is used for military purposes, the Ukrainian army obviously does not need such an aircraft, and it will even increase the burden. For this reason, the Ukrainian side decided to put it into commercial use and provide services such as global transportation, which is what we often call running business to make money. Thereafter, after about a year of modification and airframe enhancement, the An-225 was replaced with advanced Western avionics equipment, and began to fly in the sky again in the first half of 2001, providing commercial transportation services to various countries around the world. From April 12, 2020, many countries have successively leased An-225 to Tianjin, China to transport epidemic prevention materials.
An 225 is loaded with anti-epidemic materials
So how big is the size of the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft? How strong is the carrying capacity? Let's first look at a set of data. The original carrying capacity of the An-225 is 250 tons, but it is generally believed that the An-225 has a carrying capacity of at least 300 tons. You know, my country's largest transport aircraft transport 20 "Kunpeng" transport aircraft has a maximum carrying capacity of only 66 tons, and a maximum take-off weight of about 220 tons, which means that the An 225 can easily transport a fully loaded Yun-20 "Kunpeng" transport aircraft. Even the C5 "Galaxy" and the An 124 "Vulture" strategic transport aircraft have a huge gap in front of the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft.
20 transport aircraft
The C-5 "Galaxy" transport aircraft, the largest military transport aircraft owned by the US Air Force, has a carrying capacity of only 118 tons, and Russia's An 124 "Vulture" only has a carrying capacity of 150 tons. The huge size also makes it super-loading capacity. If it is converted to a passenger plane, it is preliminary estimated that it may be able to accommodate 1,500 to 2,000 passengers at the same time. Even today's largest passenger aircraft in the world, Airbus A380 , has a maximum passenger capacity of only 850, which shows how big the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft is.
In order to make an intuitive comparison, we also specifically found the intuitive comparison chart of the C-5 "Galaxy" transport aircraft and the An225 "Dream" transport aircraft.It is not difficult to see from the picture that the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft is a circle larger than the C5 "Galaxy" transport aircraft.
An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft is better than the C5 "Galaxy" transport aircraft comparison chart
From the perspective of the fuselage size, the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft has a wingspan of 88.74 meters, a fuselage length of 84.00 meters and a height 18.10 meters, the maximum take-off weight is 640 tons. The C5 "Galaxy" strategic transport aircraft has a fuselage length of 75.54 meters, a wingspan of 67.88 meters, a height of 19.85 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of 375 tons. In terms of the actual size of the fuselage, the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft is a circle larger than the C5 "Galaxy" strategic transport aircraft, and its carrying capacity is more than twice that of the C5 "Galaxy" strategic transport aircraft.
The same block diagram of An 124 "Vulture" and An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft
In addition, we also found the same block diagram of An 124 "Vulture" and An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft, It is not difficult to see from the picture that the design of the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft has many similarities to that of the An 124 "Vulture", but the fuselage of the An 225 "Dream" transport aircraft has been enlarged and partially improved. . Although the An-225 "Dream" transport aircraft is very large, it is not as practical as other transport aircraft, with high flying costs and demanding take-off and landing requirements.
(by Periscope on August 25, 2021, please do not reprint without authorization, plagiarism must be investigated!)
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