Models of the Sukhoi KR-860 for
Kryl'ya Rossii or "Wings of Russia", earlier designated the SKD-717.
The project had a design maximum weight of about 650 tonnes, a payload of about 300 tonnes, and was intended to be capable of carrying 860 to 1000 passengers. For comparison the Antonov An-225 has a maximum weight of 600 tonnes and a payload is 250 tonnes. A 1/24 scale model was shown at the 1999 Paris Air Show. If it had been built the aircraft would have been the world's largest airliner.[6]
The concept for the aircraft began in the 1990s with a forecast program cost of US$10 billion (early published figures were US$4-5.5B) and called for the first aircraft to be built before 2000. With an estimated price per unit of about US$160-200 million (an earlier published estimate was US$150M) the market was forecast for a total of 300 aircraft, with production planned for the Kazan Aircraft Production Association facility. Initially designed for the carriage of passengers, later reports indicated it could have been redesigned as a cargo aircraft.
The project never proceeded beyond the stage of marketing models and no KR-860s were built
General characteristics
Capacity: 860-1000 passengers
Length: 80 m (262 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 88 m (288 ft 9 in) with the wings unfolded or 64 m (210 ft) span with wings folded
Wing area: 700 m2 (7,500 sq ft)
Max takeoff weight: 650,000 kg (1,433,005 lb)
Performance
Cruising speed: 1,000 km/h (620 mph; 540 kn)
Range: 15,000 km (9,321 mi; 8,099 nmi)
Text source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_KR-860
Image source:
http://testpilot.ru/russia/sukhoi/kr/860/kr860.htm
and
http://www.suchoj.com/galerie/index.htm?http://www.suchoj.com/ab1953/KR-860/galerie.shtml