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ANTONOV An-22 Antheus
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| Aircraft | ||||
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| Name | An-22 Antheus | |||
| Manufacturer | ANTONOV | |||
| Body | Narrow | |||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | |||
| Position | High wing | |||
| Tail | Double fin, mid set | |||
| WTC | Heavy | |||
| APC | C | |||
| Type code | L4T | |||
| Engine | Turboprop | |||
| Engine count | Multi | |||
| Position | (Front) Wing leading mounted | |||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | |||
| Mass group | 4 | |||
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ANTONOV An-22 Antheus
Description
Longe range large capacity freighter. In service since 1965. Heavylift freighter development. NATO code name: Cock. World´s largest propeller driven aircraft. Replaced by the An-124. Developed from 1947 until 1974. Approx 70 numbers were built, a few dozen remain in commercial and military service. Max. TAS: 400 kt, 0.68 M .
Technical Data
| Wing span | 64.4 m211.286 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 57.9 m189.961 ft <br /> |
| Height | 12.5 m41.01 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | 4 x 15.000 SHP Kuznetsov NK-12MA turboprop with 8 blade counter rotating propellers. |
| Engine model | Kuznetsov NK-12 |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | kts | IAS | 215 kts | IAS | 430 kts | IAS | 360 kts | MACH | TAS | 400 kts | MACH | IAS | 450 kts | IAS | 260 kts | Vapp (IAS) | kts | ||
| Distance | 1300 m | ROC | 1000 ft/min | ROC | 1500 ft/min | ROC | 1000 ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | 0.6 | ROD | ft/min | ROD | 1670 ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | 800 m |
| MTOW | 250000250,000 kg <br />250 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL260 | ROD | 1430 ft/min | APC | C | ||||||||||||
| WTC | H | Range | 27002,700 nm <br />5,000,400 m <br />5,000.4 km <br />16,405,511.823 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving AN22
None on SKYbrary