Tupolev Tu-444 Supersonic Business Jets

Tupolev  is a Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in
Moscow, Russia. Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug,
Moscow,Russia.Known officially as Public Stock Company Tupolev, it is
the successor of the Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau (OKB-156,
design office prefix Tu) headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer A.N.
Tupolev.The capabilities of PSC Tupolev include development,
manufacturing and overhaul for both civil and military aerospace
products such as aircraft and weapons systems. It is also active with
missile and naval aviation technologies. More than 18,000 Tupolev
aircraft were produced for the USSR and the Eastern Bloc.
               The Tupolev Tu-444 is a concept for a supersonic
business jet from the Russian firm Tupolev. Tupolev has had previous
experience developing supersonic transport aircraft with projects such
as the Tu-144, Tu-144LL and other experience with supersonic aircraft
in the bombers Tu-22, Tu-22M and Tu-160.Tupolev OKB was founded by
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev in 1922. Its facilities are tailored for
aeronautics research and aircraft design only, manufacturing is
handled by other firms. It researched all-metal airplanes during the
1920s, based directly on the pioneering work already done by Hugo
Junkers during World War I.The Supersonic Business Jet (SSBJ) has long
been a fantasy of aerospace engineers and business executives alike.
For many decades designs have been floated, but for one reason or
another, the projects have withered and died on the vine. Currently
there are half a dozen or so aircraft manufacturers with an eye on
fielding the first SSBJ including the Tupolev Design Bureau. With a
long history of supersonic capable military bombers, Tupolev has a
vast depth of knowledge to draw from.  Whether the market will ever
accept the utility and cost of a SSBJ, however, remains to be seen.
For fans of the concept, Ramzzess recently released his concept of
what the Tu-444 SSBJ might eventually look like. While the external
model is based on actual design plans released by Tupolev, the
interior, avionics, and panels are strictly from the mind of
Ramzzess.It would be difficult to find as exotic looking an aircraft
as the Tu-444. With massive cigar shaped engines, a sleek delta wing,
drooping nose, and a slim body, the Tu-444 advertises that she is
built for speed. Borrowing from the Tu-144 “Concordski” and the
military side of the house, the Tu-444 features the retractable visor
similar to that found on the Concorde to aid in low speed, high angle
of attack visibility. With a total max gross takeoff weight of about
90,000 lbs, the Tu-444 isn’t a small aircraft by any measure. All of
that mass and complexity is designed to carry less than 10 passengers
at better than Mach 2 a bit over 4,000nm. No doubt traveling on a
Tu-444 would be an order of magnitude more glitzy than arriving in
something as sedentary as a Gulfstream.The cockpit, as envisioned by
Ramzzess, is a cool interpretation of what the real Tu-444 panel might
actually look like. Ultra modern, crammed with information and
displays, the panel is pleasant to look at and highlights all of the
special capabilities of the Tu-444. The virtual cockpit is smooth and
nicely rendered. The overhead panels work great and the layout makes
good sense. There are some significant labeling misspellings
throughout the aircraft which clue us in that Ramzzess isn’t a native
English speaker, but the mistakes are actually quite charming and lend
an air of Russian “experimentality” to the Tu-444. Once airborne, the
Tu-444 will (as expected) blow you away with its performance. Climb
rates are in the astronomical range, and care must be taken to keep
the aircraft under Mach 1 over populated areas. The noise footprint of
supersonic aircraft remains one of the bigger challenges that
designers face and I don’t know how effective Tupolev has been at
mitigating the noise factor of the Tu-444. Hand flying the Tu-444 can
be done effectively below Mach 1, but above that I would recommend
slaving the controls to the autopilot since small control movements
can lead to large flight path deviations if you are clumsy on the
controls.

Extremely detailed 3D Model - in and out:
Custom cockpit with advanced touch-screen
Detailed interior with business seats, tables and kitchen
Animated flight controls, nose, gear, rotating fans, etc..
Shutters on passenger windows and in the cockpit
Animated doors
Many liveries

Advanced systems with plugin:
several systems are plugin enhanced, such as fuel consumptions,
lighting, temperature etc.
several original built in systems, like air-conditioning and
autopilot-artificial stability synchronization system
flight model has been also plugin enhanced with randomization
algorithms producing destabilization failures.

General characteristics:
Crew: 2 pilots, 1 flight attendant
Capacity: 6–10
Length: 36 m (118 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 16.2 m (53 ft 1 in)
Height: 6.51 m (21 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 136 m² (1,460 ft²)
Empty weight: 19,300 kg (42,550 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 41,000 kg (90,400 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × NPO Saturn AL-32M turbofan, 95 kN (21,400 lbf) each

Performance:
Cruise speed: Mach 2, 2125 km/h (1,320 mph)
Range: 7,500 km (4,660 mi)
Wing loading: 300 kg/m² (29 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.48



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