Irkut Project 111

[hesham]

Hi,

in Sukhoi site I found that project-111,what is it
and what is the name of the company ?.
http://www.suchoj.com/galerie/index.htm?http://www.suchoj.com/ab1953/KR-860/galerie.shtml

 

[boxkite]

It should be the 111 Regional Jet, proposed by the Irkut aircraft plant in Irkutsk/Siberia. I photographed this placard at ILA Berlin in 2002.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear boxkite,

and I don't know this company,may be it designed anther projects !.

 

[Matej]

Its not a standard company, its aviation plant that produces a lot of stuff - for example some of the Sukhoi fighters.

 

[flateric]

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[shockonlip]

Reminds me of Stark Industries airplane in "Ironman".

 

[Just call me Ray]

Reminds me of some of the very early concepts for the A-3XX/380, which called for a double-pressure vessel side-by-side.

 

[saturncanuck]

I don't know, but its ugly!

 

[Kevin Renner]

Think of it as a step to a true BWB

 

[Matej]

But not very reasonable. With this cross section you are forced to solve the problems with the non-rounded shape of the fuselage and pressurized cabin. And if you must solve this, then it is much effective to use true BWB and create as much place for the cargo and the passangers as possible. Egg-shaped cross section usually means a lot of additional weight because of the structural integrity. And this additional weight overcome the benefits of the small increase of the room inside.

 

[Triton]

Artist's impression of the Irkut (AviaSTEP) 111 showing interior passenger seating.

 

[Deino]

created new topic with the correct name !

 

[Simon666]

But not very reasonable. With this cross section you are forced to solve the problems with the non-rounded shape of the fuselage and pressurized cabin. And if you must solve this, then it is much effective to use true BWB and create as much place for the cargo and the passangers as possible. Egg-shaped cross section usually means a lot of additional weight because of the structural integrity. And this additional weight overcome the benefits of the small increase of the room inside.

I think this patent is related to how they intend to make the fuselage. I don't know but would really like to know around how much percent more that would weigh than a circular fuselage for the same amount of passengers and cargo. Regarding the v-tail, this seems the original configuration as in this patent was not working so well so they seem to want to change to this one, which seems much heavier. So, I'm really doubting whether there will still be ANY benefit by having lighter wings at the expense of now not only a heavier fuselage but also a heavier tail assembly.

 

[Triton]

Model of Irkut Project 111 on display at MAKS 2003.

Source: http://www.avia-n-aero.ru/photo.php?category_id=360&parent_id=360

 

[flateric]

3 views

 

[saintkatanalegacy]

quite an odd looking fuselage but I guess their objective was to maximize space

 

[Creative]

I noticed the difference in the tail with the plan views. Was this introduced after the MAKS 2003 model?

 

[flateric]

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[hesham]

Very nice my dear Flateric.

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Did this aircraft help in the development of the MC-21? What was its capacity? Was the MC-21 chosen instead of this?

 

[kocovgoce]

Something like lifting body