The Antonov An-50 was a planned
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
airliner with four turbojets. It was planned by
Antonov
Antonov State Enterprise ( uk, Державне підприємство «Антонов»), formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov (Antonov ASTC) ( uk, Авіаційний науково-технічни� ...
in the first part of the 1970s. The aircraft was never built.
Antonov made the plans based on the
An-24R, but it would have had four turbojets with 14.7 kN
thrust
Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction to be applied to that syst ...
each, instead of the two turbojets used earlier. The turbojets were planned to be built together with the undercarriage, under the inner wings. There were no other major changes planned. The plans were complete in 1972, however no aircraft were built.
It was planned to weigh 24600 kg gross, and it would have had a 490 km/h speed at 9400 m altitude.
External links
Photos about the plastic model of Antotonv An-50
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