Tupolev 160
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Aerospace, Asia, Moscow| Performance data | |
| wing span (m) | 55.7/35.6 |
| aircraft length (m) | 54.1 |
| aircraft height (m) | 13.2 |
| wing sweep angle at 1/4 chord line (deg.) | 25/60 |
| engine | 4 x afterburning turbofan engines |
| maximum speed (km/h) | 1,8 |
| maximum flight altitude (m) | 14 |
The Tu-160 airplane is made according to an integral low-winged aircraft design with variable sweep wings, tricycle landing gear, and an all-movable stabilizer and fin. Wing high-lift devices include slats, double-slotted flaps, with spoilers and flaperons for roll control. Four engines are mounted in pairs in nacelles in the lower fuselage. The TA-12 APU is used as a secondary power system.
This aircraft contains two payload compartments arranged in tandem (one after the other). The main airframe materials are titanium, heat-treated aluminum alloys, steel alloys, and composite materials. The airplane has a toilet, a galley unit, and a sleeping berth. It is equipped with a probe-and-drogue type flight refueling system. The production of airframe components occurs with: wings and engine compartments, stabilizers and air intakes, landing gear, and the fuselage’s centerwing and outerwing panel hinges from Moscow corps.
One-piece torsion boxes, assembled from one-piece panels and 20-meter-long channels, were widely used in the wing structure. The fuselage was assembled from large sheets, channels, and die-pressed parts with the use of a special riveting process. The control surfaces and high-lift devices ( stabilizer, fin, flaperons, flaps, etc. ) were made with the extensive use of composite and metal panels with honeycomb filler.
