The Mikoyan MiG SVB (Cyrillic: Микоян МиГ СВБ) was a 1990s Russian project to develop a turboprop-powered regional airliner and cargo transport
[Taylor 1993, p.947] for
hot and high
In aviation, hot and high is a condition of low air density due to high ambient temperature and high airport elevation. Air density decreases with increasing temperature and altitude. The lower air density reduces the power output from an airc ...
environments,
[Belyakov & Marmain 1994, p.459] including operations at night and in all weather.
[Taylor, Lambert & Munson 1993, p.288][Egenburg 1992, p.5] The SVB was expected to have considerably lower operating costs than similar aircraft already in service, such as the
Antonov An-32,
["Airdata File" p.319] largely due to the type's newer and lower-power
Klimov TV7-117
The Klimov TV7-117 is a Russian turboprop engine certified in 1997 to power the Ilyushin Il-114 regional commuter aircraft. The new engine features enhanced reliability, fuel economy and greater service life compared to its predecessors produced ...
S engines.
"SVB" stood for ''Samolet Vysotnogo Bazirovaniya'' (Самолет Высотного Базирования) — "Aircraft for high-altitude bases" in Russian,
[Egenburg 1992, p.4] and the project was known internally at
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as article 801 (изделие 801, ''izdeliye'' 801).
Political and economic instability around the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...
ended the project
in 1994.
[Gunston 1995, p.229]
Design
The SVB design was conventional for aircraft of its type:
a shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional tail.
It was to have retractable tricycle undercarriage,
with the main units retracting into fairings on the sides of the fuselage,
in addition to flotation devices.
Power was to be provided by two turboprop engines mounted on the wings, driving tractor propellers.
The wings were to be equipped with high-lift devices.
[Gordon & Komissarov 2013, p.183–84] One unusual feature of the design was that the fuselage maintained a constant, rectangular cross-section from aft of the flight deck all the way to the rear of the aircraft.
["Airdata File" p.320]
Two basic passenger configurations were proposed for the regional airliner: a standard 40-seat version with eight rows of five seats,
[Gordon & Komissarov 2013, p.184] and a 50-seat high-density version with ten rows of five seats at a decreased pitch.
In both cases, a single aisle was to be provided, offset to starboard.
In cargo configuration, the SVB was to be equipped with a loading ramp in its rear fuselage
and have an electric hoist fitted on tracks on the cabin ceiling.
The interior was to be fully pressurised.
Development
The SVB was one of MiG's ''
konversiya
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'' ("conversion") projects.
[Belyakov & Marmain 1994, p.453][Gunston & Gordon 1998, p.261] As the
Cold War
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eased during the late 1980s, Soviet defence manufacturers were compelled to reallocate some of their production to civilian projects. This particular project originated with Fatidin R. Mukhamedov, who was head of MiG's
Dushanbe
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office
[Gordon & Komissarov 2013, p.182] and therefore familiar with the challenges of air transport in
Tajikistan
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where airstrips were short, located at altitudes of up to , and where ambient temperatures could reach .
[Gordon & Komissarov 2013, p.182–83] The project set out to provide capacity to deliver of cargo over under such conditions.
Work on the design was carried out from 1990
to 1994.
Specifications (as designed)
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