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Ilyushin IL-86 (Camber)

1980 COLD WAR MODERN AIRCRAFT

History

Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the country deployed its first wide-body, four-engine short-to-medium-range airliner (comparable to the more successful Western Boeing 747 jumbo jet)). The product - relatively longevity The shorter "IL-86" - from the famous Soviet aircraft concern Ilyushin, represented a great national achievement - despite a long development cycle and a total production of only 106 (1976-1991), IL-86 Still have a certain market value, even in service with the modern Russian Air Force (four examples, under the brand name "IL-86VKP") All civilian IL-86 aircraft have been obsolete since 2011 due to their integration with Aeroflot, Donavia, Kras Air , Siberia Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines are operated by airlines.

The IL-86 was called "Camber" by NATO and became the basic airframe for the 1992 successor, the Ilyushin IL-96 (30 produced). This aircraft is described elsewhere on this website.

Everything about the mass of the IL-86 is very traditional: its layout consists of the flight deck in a short nose cone arrangement, and the main planes of the wings are placed along the underside of the tubular fuselage in the usual way. There are two pod engines under each member of the main aircraft.

The landing gear arrangement is unconventional, as three main legs (instead of two) are used with the two-wheeled front legs. The tail includes a large vertical tail with a low-mounted horizontal plane.

Designed to be powered by 4 Kuznetsov NK-86 turbofan engines with a thrust of 28,665 lbs. Typical cruising speed reaches 160 knots, range is up to 1,835 nautical miles, and climb rate is 3,000 feet per minute.

The 255,000-pound (unladen) aircraft has a crew of three to four, depending on the operator, and can carry a crew of 11. Total passenger seating can accommodate up to 350 people, and the mixed-class arrangement reduces that to 320.

In addition to its passenger capacity, the aircraft can handle up to 565,035 cubic feet of cargo in three separate compartments. Maximum takeoff weight is up to 460,000 lbs.

The aircraft became the subject of several supported but ultimately unrealized forms, including long-range (LR) and high-performance (HC) versions. In addition, a proposal is to cover the redesigned IL-86 aircraft (RB211-22 series turbofan engine), codenamed IL-86V.

Former operating countries include Armenia, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, USSR, Uzbekistan and Ukraine - all former countries or Soviet-era allies.