Aircraft: TU 154 - GFRI
Dimensions
- Length: 47.93 m
- Height: 11.4 m
- Wingspan: 37.55 m
47.93 m
11.4 m
37.55 m
Flying performances
Speed| Min speed | 67 m/s |
| Max speed | 167 m/s |
| Usual speed during measurements | 0 m/s |
| Usual speed during transit flights | 167 m/s |
| Ascent rate | 25 m/s |
| Min altitude |
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| Max ceiling | 39 700 ft |
| Usual ceiling during measurements | 39 372 ft |
| Ceiling limitations | n/c |
| Empty weight | 58 000 kg |
| Max take-off weight | 102 000 kg |
| Max payload | 18 000 kg |
| Max scientific payload | n/c |
| Usual scientific payload during measurements | 18 000 kg |
| Scientific payload for max endurance | n/c |
Endurance
| Max endurance at min scientific payload and max fuel | 7 h (Y-coordinate of 1st point) |
| Endurance at max scientific payload | n/c |
Range
| Max range | 5 200 km (at min scientific payload and max fuel) |
| Conditions for max range |
max payload: 12000 kg |
| Range at max scientific payload | None km |
| Usual range during measurement flight | 4 000 km |
Other
| Weather conditions limitations |
IFR: 30m low level clouds altitude * 400m horizontal visibility, VFR: 60m low level clouds altitude * 800m horizontal visibility, Icing: 10 min |
| Take-off runway length | 1 500 m |
| Engines | 3 x Aviadvigatel D30-KU |
| Avionics | n/c |
Crew and scientists on board
| Crew (pilots + operators) |
4 |
| Seats available for scientists | 5 |
Cabin
| Length | 12.70 m |
| Width | 3.20 m |
| Height | 1.70 m |
| Apertures | 2 x left doors: W0.8 m x H1.66 m ; 2 x right doors: W0.6 m x H1.26 m ; 2 x cargo doors: W1.35 m x H0.80 m ; emergency escape hatch |
| Cabin pressurized | yes |
| More information | 20% are currently occupied by scientific equipment. |
Aircraft modifications
| Nose boom | no |
| Windows | rear-view periscope for condensation trails formation fixation, etc. |
| Openings | n/c |
| Hard points | n/c |
| Inlets | n/c |
| Additionnal systems | n/c |
Acquisition systems
Acquisition system is made on the basis of industrial PC-compatible computer with the set of relevant interface cards and solid state hard discs of different capacity, thus allowing to record during the flight as a synchronized data stream the flight parameters of various types, such as analog, discrete (TTL), multiplex 1553, ARINC429, serial (RS-232/422/485), parallel (LPT), Direct Memory Access (DMA), etc.
Electrical power
| Aircraft total electrical power (kW) | 27 VDC, 4 kW, 208 VDC |
| Electrical power (kW) and voltages (V) available for scientists | 27 VDC, 2 kW |