Andreyev SAn-8 "Feodor Chaliapin" (САн-8СХ Фёдор Шаляпин)
One photo of this aircraft was recently posted elsewhere on our forum, but otherwise it is virtually unknown anywhere. You can search the web high and low, the only place you'll find anything about this ugly duckling is the Russian forum of the AEA, the local equivalent of the AOPA. I initially wrote this (and the previous entry) in 2020 for the
Facebook group ✈ Rare and Unusual Aircraft Types, but I thought it would be a good idea to create a specific topic for Andreyev's aircraft.
The
SAn-8 is an agricultural aircraft designed for spraying. It is called the
Фёдор Шаляпин (Fyodor Shalyapin (Fyodor Shalyapin, usually transcribed
Feodor Chaliapin), a famous Russian opera singer. The plane received this name in gratitude to the F. Chaliapin apartment/museum in St. Petersburg, in the basement of which Andreyev was kindly given some space to start the program.
The aircraft was developed as a specialized, not adapted design around one main doctrine: the safety of the flight crew with reinforced cockpit structure. The low-lying wing improves the visibility on turning and the quality of chemical treatment due to the greater bevel flow.
There are two 50-watt landing lights. The aircraft is controlled like a WWII fighter with a two-hand arc, convenient for working with different hands. The dashboard and shock absorbers were natched from the Yak-52. The engine is an 84hp Suzuki G13BB with a Kievprop propeller. The chemical equipment was taken at the Institute for Plant Protection in St. Petersburg.
Specs as of 2010, the year it was to be marketed, were as follows:
Span: 8.6m. / Length: 6.5m. / Wing area: 11.4 sq.m.
Fuel tank max.: 42l.
Takeoff weight: 640-650kg.
Chemical load: 100-110kg. / Tank-150kg.
Takeoff speed: 80-82km/h / Cruise speed: 95-105km/h
Cost was 1,620,000 rubles.
There is a lot more information and pics about the aircraft, as well as technical data there:
http://www.reaa.ru/cgi-bin/yabbA/YaBB.pl?num=1262511056
