IL-96-400M - the future Russian flagship

hello aviators sky here and today we're having not the usual encyclopedic as much as an analytical video a story about the future of the Russian flagship airliner let's begin in 1988 the first Soviet long-range wide-body airliner ill 96 made its maiden flight equipped with the new engines and avionics he'll 96 - 300 significantly exceeded both the long-haul l62 and its direct predecessor ill 86 however among the advantages there was another one fusion engineers took into account the problems that arose when they tried to modify the ill 86 and during the ill 96 development they gave it a huge modernization potential in various directions all of this could make the airliner quite successful if not for the collapse of the USSR and the rapid decline of the Russian aviation industry in the 1990s the ill 86 production was stopped in 1997 and even though the ill 96 continued to be made just 30 planes is not an impressive result nevertheless the modernization potential of the aircraft played to its advantage in 1993 the updated ill 96m was raised to the sky the first child of the joint work of the Russian and American aviators the aircraft received longer fuselage Braco colors re onyx and Pratt Whitney engines from the family of engines used on the boeing 757 and c-17 Globemaster 3 the capacity increased to 435 passengers and the range almost to 7,000 miles the airliner even received the FAA certificate but of course did not find much demand it was 1997 Boeing had just developed the brand new triple 7 model and the Russian Airlines did not have enough money for such claims as a result the prototype eventually returned to the homeland received the old MK 86 engines and appeared at Mac's 2003 airshow as an ill 96 - 400 in 2009 the plane was demolished ille 96 - 400 nevertheless the impressive performance of the ill 96m did not allow it to go down in history forever moreover in the 1990s large twin-engine airliners had not yet conquered the sky and in Europe the Airbus a340 having closed performance was gaining popularity effusion bureau decided not to miss the opportunity and created a new version on the basis of the ill 96m replacing foreign components with the Russian ones the index was left ill 96 - 400 but it was a modernized machine the onboard systems were improved and the new ps90 a1 engines were thrust up to 171 kilonewtons were mounted under the wing attempts to sell the passenger version were unsuccessful but the freighters were in demand several aircraft were operated by Atlanta use and pilot Airlines after some time one of the aircraft was modified and used as the airborne control station similarly the Russian Ministry of Defence announced plans to purchase several lll 96 - 400 as the aerial refueling tankers lll 96 - 400 m after the complication of the political background between Russia and the United States and the subsequent sanctions confrontation arose the question of continuing and even expanding the production of native long-range airliners at least until the mid-2020s when the new joint russian chinese CR 929 airliner will start operations however neither lll 96 - 300 nor lll 96 - 400 are efficient enough for our times even for the government customers the Ministry of Defence probably wants to order the aircraft but with better performance than the ones they have now the aleutian design bureau as well as the UAC had to make the aircraft effective and competitive in the current conditions of course nobody planned to develop a completely new airliner there were no resources nor time they have to work with the existing technologies and preferably with minimal expenses the ill 96 - 300 with all due respect is obsolete at the current stage of the aviation market the 235 to 300 seat for engine passenger airliner cannot be competitive at all one of the most common ways to evaluate the efficiency of a commercial airliner is the cost per passenger seat and if the costs fuel maintenance of cetera cannot be significantly reduced then the number of seats in the airplane can be increased therefore the modernization plan included the increase of capacity and the larger 435 passenger LLL 96 400 became a basis nevertheless in the current iteration the ill 96 - 400 still does not satisfy the customers requirements it needs a serious update let's see what they can do about it powerplant the ill 96 - 300 powerplant is based on the ps90 a engines the ill 96 - 400 is heavier than this little brother and to provide the necessary flight performance it is equipped with four PS 90 a1 turbo fans a very serious problem of the ps90 a engines family has always been their relatively low reliability and maintainability often the main problem of commercial operation of the LLL 96 was precisely its engines however through many years these engines were brought to acceptable levels and the new ps90 a1 a2 and a3 can already be considered more effective not the GE and acts of course but acceptable or can engineers count on the more advanced engines the first thing that comes to mind when pronouncing the phrase new Russian aircraft engine is PD 14 the PD 14 is the newest civilian turbofan developed first of all for the MC 21 airliner in addition the leaders of the Russian aircraft industry are betting on this engine in the long term however with all the advantages the engines are not powerful enough to be installed on the ill 96 - 400 m often in discussion is the option of installing PD 14 M the more powerful version of PD 14 developed for the larger MC 21 - 400 but it can still be not powerful enough for the ill 96 - 400 another solution could be considered the PD 18 the engine created on the basis of PD 14 with thrust of nearly 180 kilonewtons in as close as to what should be installed under the ill 96 - 400 m wing however at the moment it is unknown when this engine will be created and will start the operations perhaps taking into account the modernization of the LLL 96 the creation of this engine will be accelerated so for the ill 96 - 400 m there are three options ps90 a3 the closest to the implementation by terms and cost PD 14 M promising but not powerful enough PD 18 the most ideal option but the terms of its creation are so far unknown so given this short development time the updated PS engines will remain under the wing avionics the aircraft of the Onix are unlikely to be heavily modified this may delay the development and certification process and may grow on the project budget it was officially stated that it is planned to modernize the cable network of the aircraft in order to increase efficiency and reduce the mass another important issue is of course the cabin and control system the LLL 96 is operated by a crew of three people which is no longer relevant even for such a giant as a380 two pilots are enough ideally of course it would be good to unify the ill 96 - 400m cockpit with the new MC 21 cabin but again it can take too much time and money besides the american rockwell collins octave who participates in the creation of the MC 21 cockpit technically and economically it is not a problem but politically it may become a barrier considering that most of the planes will still go to the government structures in any case a lot depends on the proposals of the concern radio electric technologies which will be developing this equipment interior at first glance the interior issue seems rather trivial however we must take into account that the interior of the ill 96 - 300 is already considered outdated without the luggage compartments above the central row it is inconvenient to handle luggage many elements and materials are obsolete besides there are no modern multimedia systems for the passengers in the cabin in addition the old lll 96 - 300 has a smaller cabinet capacity than the future model taking into account modern requirements the cabin is likely to be remade almost completely new seats multimedia luggage internet and other bonuses another interesting nuance is the proposal of some operators to create high density to class interior for 415 passengers moreover the density will increase not due to the number of rows as it is usually done but by adding one more seat in the central row the current LLL 96 - 300 layout is 3 + 3 + 3 + the option 3 plus 4 plus 3 is proposed such an arrangement allows to increase capacity increase profitability of operation and is often used in the economy class of Boeing triple7 however the Boeing triple7 cabin is a bit wider with this fact in mind the 10 seats in a row layout can be uncomfortable the number of rows will probably not increase the current 32 inch seat pitch is standard reducing this number is a common practice on medium haul aircraft for example in low-cost airlines but on long-range flights it will have a very negative effect on the level of flight comfort landing gear another issue in terms of modernization can be considered the landing gear till 96 like its predecessor ill 86 has a three bogie main landing gear at one time it was necessary given the huge mass of the aircraft low quality of the runways as well as the difficulties with the gears themselves but in the 21st century this practice is no longer optimal more than two legs on the main landing gears are used only on the île 96 Boeing 747 and Airbus a380 the second and the third planes are putting it mildly much heavier the rest of today's models have two bogeys even the white bodies like a 350 and Boeing triple7 the central bogie in this case is an appendix it is just an additional mechanism requiring maintenance up to buying internal space and adding mass however given the limited budgets and time frames it is necessary to look for a balance which is better to create a new more effective landing gear or to leave the old one and save resources on development and certification the answer to this question is yet to be revealed till 96 - 400 m and C R 929 CR 929 is a Chinese and Russian developed long-range wide-body airliner with a capacity of 250 to 300 seats it is assumed that this aircraft will start operations in the mid 2020s it will be equipped with the optional European or American rolls-royce Pratt Whitney or General Electric as well as the future russian PD 35 engines at first glance it may seem like Russia is creating two wide-body airliner at the same time which is strange however it must be taken into account that these two aircraft belong to different markets the CR 929 accommodates 250 to 300 passengers while the île 96 - 400 m seats from 330 to 435 passengers in the model line the ill 96 takes a step above the CR 929 these airliners are different and complementary to each other if comparing to the American and European model lines the CR 929 is closer to the Boeing 787 and Airbus a330 well the ill 96 - 400 m - Boeing triple7 and Airbus a350 ill 96 X in addition by the end of the 2020s when the CR 929 will receive the PD 35 the same engine can become the basis of the updated l96 powerplant let's call this new Model X this is the ill ninety-six version with two engines this subject is pretty popular among the experts and in the media the ill 96 X can get not only the new engines but also a twin-engine scheme improved avionics and a new composite wing under these conditions the ill 96 may end up quite an impressive airplane in addition the issue of distribution of production capacities may be solved the CR 929 will be assembled in China everything is assembled in China so the illness 6x will remain at home one plane per country again there is a question which is better to create this new upgraded version of the existing lll 96 or to create a completely new airliner a new plane based on the experience of the CR 929 would be more preferable technologically but again everything depends on the money the CR 929 will cost Russia and China over 20 billion dollars and the creation of the second even larger airliner is unlikely to be cheaper and this is the story based however rather on my assumptions we'll just have to wait for the facts maybe I guessed right somewhere maybe not maybe the UAC has a couple of special aces up their sleeves and the new airliner will be even cooler or maybe it's all just a PR show all that remains is to wait and to Like and subscribe for the channel of course fast flights and soft landings to you [Music]

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Length: 14min 59sec (899 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 05 2018