SPECIFICATIONS
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Series 2 |
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Take-off mode Н=0, М=0, ISA |
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Thrust, kgf |
10500 |
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Maximum gas temperature at turbine inlet, К |
1336 |
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Specific fuel consumption, kg/kgf.hr |
0.498 |
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Corrected air consumption, kg/s |
263 |
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Cruise mode |
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Thrust, kgf |
2750 |
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Specific fuel consumption, kg/kgf.hr |
0.71 |
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Bypass ratio |
2.3 |
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Fan diameter, mm |
1455 |
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Weight without reverser, kg |
2305 |
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Medium-Haul Passenger Aircraft Tu-154M
Winged vehicles similar to Tu-154M, seldom come into being. For 15 years, since the 80s of the 20th century, this liner continued to be the most widespread airplane of the domestic civil aviation, and flew to all cities of the Soviet Union. The Tu-154 airplanes flew to more than 80 cities of the world, and were many times demonstrated at prestigious air shows and exhibitions.
Andrey Tupolev’s Design Bureau started to develop the basic model of Tu-154 in 1963. The new liner was supposed to combine the best characteristics of its predecessors: Tu-104 had the highest cruise mode, Il-18 had the longest flying distance, An-10 was notable for its take-off and landing parameters.
The process of constructing the Tu-154 prototype was completed in 1966, when it was equipped with the propulsion unit on the basis of the NK-8-2 engines developed by Nikolai D. Kuznetsov. In 1972, Tu-154 makes its first regular flight from Moscow to Mineralnye Vody, bringing there 160 passengers in less than two hours. The task of reaching the maximum cruise speed as compared with that of the similar aircraft (up to 950 km/hr) – was accomplished.
In 1982, Tu-154M makes its first flight. This was a new version of the airliner equipped with Pavel Solovyov’s engines. The flight tests confirmed economic efficiency of the liner modernization. With regard to the comfort level, Tu154M was as good as its contemporaries, and with regard to environmental noise, Tu-154M fully complied with all the world’s standards in force.
The serial production of passenger airliners Tu-154M was started in 1984. Since that time more than 300 airliners were manufactured, including 100 airliners for exporting.
June 10, 1980
The first flight of passenger airliner Tu-154M powered by Perm bypass turbofan engines D-30KU-154
July 16, 1984
Serial airplane Tu-154M powered by D-30KU-154 first flew into the sky
June 19, 1986
Tu-154M equipped with bypass turbofan engines D-30KU-154 starts its flights with passengers on board.