Russia built amphibian transport of weight ... 1,000 tons

Russian designers are starting to build a super large amphibious aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of more than 1,000 tons, the press service of the Unified Aircraft Manufacturing Group said.

Beriev Company is responsible for implementing this ambitious and somewhat fictional project. Such an aircraft can transport cargo and passengers over a large distance, at its inherent altitude and speed, it can utilize the transport infrastructure of existing airports. .

Beriev has not explained the project yet, but in the past, the company has announced the concept of Be-2500 - a super heavy-duty seaplane with a planned maximum payload of up to 1,000 tons, take-off weight. maximum 2,500 tons, wingspan of 125.5 m, length of 115.5 m, maximum speed of 800 km and expected operating range of 16,000 km.

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Knowing the preliminary design work of the Be-2500 was started in the 1980s, the aircraft will most likely share some design principles with Lun-based Ekranoplan "Caspian Sea Monster" as an engine. near the cockpit.

Ekranoplan is a Soviet special vehicle designed to glide across the water thanks to the "ground effect" . However, unlike the Ekranoplan, the Be-2500 concept is designed to be able to operate in both high flight and ground flight modes.

The Be-2500 project was sunk in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union, but now it is facing an opportunity to return, especially when science and technology have changed so much compared to the past. 40 years.

According to the assessment, such a medium is considered more fiction than reality.

However, there are many ideas that the program of manufacturing vehicles is still too fiction, when an aircraft with maximum takeoff weight is comparable to a medium-sized missile guard ship.

Besides the issue of funding is also considered a huge obstacle, it is estimated that the Russian budget will have to spend huge amounts of money, but the efficiency will not be worth the investment.

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