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Ilyushin Il-18 Coot
(NATO reporting name: Clam)
VASO in English, ВАСО Ilyushin Il-18 Coot
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| A Russian Air Transport Il-18 | |
| Role | Turboprop airliner and reconnaissance aircraft |
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| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Moscow Machinery Plant No. 30 |
| Designer | Ilyushin |
| First flight | 4 July 1957 |
| Status | In limited service |
| Primary users | Aeroflot Soviet Airlines (Historical) Rossiya (Historical) Air Koryo |
| Produced | 1957–1985 |
| Number built | at least 678 |
| Developed into | Ilyushin Il-38 |
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Ilyushin Il-18 Coot
The Ilyushin Il-18 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-18; NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades and was widely exported. Due to the aircraft's durability, many examples achieved over 45,000 flight hours[citation needed] and the type remains operational in both military and (to a lesser extent) civilian capacities. The Il-18's successor was the longer-range Ilyushin Il-62.
Design
Two Soviet aircraft shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18. The first Il-18 was a propeller-driven airliner of 1946 but after a year of test flights that programme was abandoned.
In the early 1950s with a need to replace older designs and increase the size of the Soviet civil transport fleet, a Soviet Council of Ministers directive was issued on 30 December 1955 to the chief designers Kuznetsov and Ivchenko to develop new turboprop engines and to Ilyushin and Antonov to design an aircraft to use these engines. The two aircraft designs were developed as the Ilyushin Il-18 and the Antonov An-10 and the engine chosen was the Kuznetsov NK-4 rather than the Ivchenko AI-20
Variants
Data from:OKB Ilyushin
- Il-18
- Designation of the sole prototype of the Il-18 family.
- Il-18A
- The original production model, equivalent to pre-production, powered by either Kuznetsov NK-4 or Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines. Circa 20 built.
- Il-18B
- First major production model, a medium-haul airliner that could seat 84 passengers.
- Il-18 Combi
- Il-18 aircraft modified to mixed passenger / cargo configuration
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Ilyushin Il-18 Coot
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Ilyushin Il-18 Coot
General Info
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- Crew: 9
- Capacity: 65-120 passengers
- Length: 35.9 m (117 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 37.4 m (122 ft 8 in)
- Height: 10.165 m (33 ft 4 in)
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- Max. landing weight: 52,600 kg
- Max. zero-fuel weight: 48,800 kg
- Max. taxi weight : 64,500 kg
- Powerplant: 4 × Ivchenko AI-20M axial flow turboprop engines, 3,170 kW (4,250 hp) each
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Performance
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- Maximum speed: 675 km/h
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.65
- Cruise speed: 625 km/h (388 mph, 337 kn) at 8,000 m (26,000 ft)
- Range: 6,500 km (4,000 mi, 3,500 nmi) with 6,500 kg (14,330 lb) payload, maximum fuel and reserves for one hour.
- Service ceiling: 11,800 m (38,700 ft)
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Links to Youtube & Others
The prototype SSSR-L5811 was rolled out in June 1957 and after ground-testing it began taxi test and high-speed runs on 1 July 1957.[2] On 4 July 1957 the prototype first flew from Khodynka.. On 10 July 1957 the aircraft was flown to Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to be presented to a Soviet government commission; also present was the prototype Antonov An-10 and the Tupolev Tu-114
IIyushin II-18 Coot
Two Soviet aircraft shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18. The first Il-18 was a propeller-driven airliner of 1946 but after a year of test flights that programme was abandoned.
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The first Il-18, initially equipped with Kuznetsov NK-4 engines, flew on 4 July 1957. On 17 September 1958 the aircraft first flew with the new Ivchenko AI-20 engines.
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