The Antonov State Enterprise, a part of Ukroboronprom, rolled out the primary navy transport plane An-178-100R ?001 ordered by the Ministry of Protection of Ukraine. The An-178 is proposed to interchange outdated plane just like the An-12, An-26, and An-32. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have positioned an order for 3 An-178-100R planes. The primary plane is prepared for flight checks. The development of plane to fulfill the wants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being carried out by the plans. The development of the glider of the primary of the three ordered plane has been completed. The fuselage, wing, and tail of the second An-178-100R have been assembled forward of schedule and the meeting of the fuselage of this plane was began.
An-178 is a high-wing transport plane with a reasonably swept wing, winglets, and a T-tail. The airframe is product of aluminium alloys and composite supplies. The fuselage is semi-monocoque with a round cross-section. The retractable touchdown gear consists of two primary wheel bogies and a twin nostril wheel. The flight management system is a twin duplex fly-by-wire system, consisting of two elements: FCS-A and FCS-B, every of which is liable for two management channels. The flight management surfaces embrace ailerons close to the wingtips, 4 management spoilers, six lift-dump/speed-brake spoilers, rudder, and elevators, with an emergency mechanical cable backup system. The powerplant consists of two Progress D-436-148FM turbofan engines, mounted on pylons beneath the wings and an auxiliary energy unit. It might shift 18 tonnes over 1,000 km, or 10 tonnes over 4,000 km.
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Antonov Firm will construct three An-178 plane, ordered by the Ukrainian Protection Ministry, with out Russian parts. The roundtable assembly “Import substitution: the potential for home manufacturing and strengthening the independence of the state. To construct An-178 plane with out Russian parts, Antonov Firm must substitute 54% of all elements used for the plane. European, U.S., and Canadian international suppliers are additionally concerned within the plane gear. An excessive amount of work was carried out through the implementation of the An-178 program to make sure a brand new qualitative degree of all plane techniques, together with the hydraulic system, plane management techniques, energy provide, air-conditioning, and extra.
The plane was derived from the 99-seat An-158 regional airliner and was fitted with the commonized F1 fuselage nostril part with the similar flight deck, wing panels, empennage, and many of the onboard techniques. The fuselage nonetheless was newly created with an enlarged diameter that had grown from 3.35 m to three.9 m, which has resulted in an enlarged cargo maintain – the cargo cabin cross-section elevated to 2.75 m by 2.75 m. Apart from the wing construction, outer panels, entrance fuselage nostril, cockpit, and nostril touchdown gear come from the An-158. The deliberate engine would be the new-generation in-development Ivchenko-Progress AI-28 turbofan. The choice was made to suit the An-178 prototype with much less highly effective D-436-148FM engines within the interim. The D-436-148FM is a by-product of the production-standard D-436-148 with an upgraded fan.
