Artist's impression of Ilyushin Il-82.
Source: http://www.forumavia.ru/forum/2/0/65894329028056453651182871020_all.shtml
Source: http://www.forumavia.ru/forum/2/0/65894329028056453651182871020_all.shtml
Maveric said:Yes, a motor-variant of the Il.32, but I have never seen a pic or a drawing... :'( :'(
tnx Thomas/boxkiteboxkite said:Maveric said:Yes, a motor-variant of the Il.32, but I have never seen a pic or a drawing... :'( :'(
You can find two model pictures of the Il-34 in Yefim Gordon's OKB Ilyushin book (page 192). It's a Midland publication, so I don't want to show a scan here.
hesham said:By the way,
that early Ilyushin Il-54 was also called Il-149,
and developed by Sukhoi;
http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russia/avia/data/ic_nomenrussiaavia/57/
fightingirish said:From the German magazine FlugRevue - Klassiker der Luftfahrt, Issue 06/2012
Here some info in German and the source of the 1st photo.
Link: http://www.klassiker-der-luftfahrt.de/de/historie/bild-der-woche/bild-der-woche-iljuschin-il-40.96314.htm
The Il-54 was built AND flown.hesham said:but why the landing gear is different ?.
Because the wings and engine nacelles were too small to house a conventional undercarriage, the Il-54 used a bicycle undercarriage arrangement, with nose and main gear units on the centreline of the aircraft, at each end of the bomb bay. This arrangement meant a conventional rotating take-off would be impossible. To enable the Il-54 to take-off, in a reasonable runway length, the main gear knelt and the nose gear extended to give the ideal angle of incidence for take-off (10 degrees).