Il-114 SMTS/MMTA Medium Multi-Purpose Turboprop Aircraft

[gadeshi]

This is a dedicated topic for the subject aircraft.
Please post all the related info here.

As far as Il-114-300 was chosen for Make In India program with a wide TOT and is a multi-purpose platform for military and civil use it can be interested on defence forum.
It is cheap, robust, reliable, high performant platform which is very cheap and easy to operate.
It can be used from poorly equipped airfields including high mountain ones.

Nowadays options are:

1. Lite passenger craft for local (up to 1000km) air routes for 55-65 passenger places.
2. Lite cargo plane for civil parcel service.
3. Convertible passenger/cargo.
4. Civil and military surviallance and patrol craft.
5. lite gunship for COIN.

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/craft/il114.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-114

 

[gadeshi]

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[gadeshi]

Earlier passenger version Il-114-100:

 

[gadeshi]

Drawings, X-Ray, Cockpit and salon:

 

[TheHurtLocker]

This is a dedicated topic for the subject aircraft.
Please post all the related info here.

As far as Il-114-300 was chosen for Make In India program with a wide TOT and is a multi-purpose platform for military and civil use it can be interested on defence forum.
It is cheap, robust, reliable, high performant platform which is very cheap and easy to operate.
It can be used from poorly equipped airfields including high mountain ones.

Nowadays options are:

1. Lite passenger craft for local (up to 1000km) air routes for 55-65 passenger places.
2. Lite cargo plane for civil parcel service.
3. Convertible passenger/cargo.
4. Civil and military surviallance and patrol craft.
5. lite gunship for COIN.

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/craft/il114.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-114

This would be an unwise choice.
With barely two dozen in service even though the introduction of the type was way back in 1998.
Plus India is in talks with Airbus for the C295W, a better aircraft, in my opinion for the Avro replacement and overall.
The An32s will stay till the late 2020s as the "RE" upgrade is under progress.
So that rules out the IAF.
The civilian market seems to favour the ATRs too, so I see little hope for this Ilyushin in India.

 

[gadeshi]

This would be an unwise choice.
With barely two dozen in service even though the introduction of the type was way back in 1998.
Plus India is in talks with Airbus for the C295W, a better aircraft, in my opinion for the Avro replacement and overall.
The An32s will stay till the late 2020s as the "RE" upgrade is under progress.
So that rules out the IAF.
The civilian market seems to favour the ATRs too, so I see little hope for this Ilyushin in India.

An-32 is dead due to the death of its manufacturer - Antonov Concern.
C-295 is transport aircraft which is rather less effective as civil passenger and civil cargo.
At the top of this, ATR-s and C-295 is much more expensive to buy and operate and cannot withstand harsh environment like Russian planes can.
Bear in mind wide TOT (including engines), manufacturing infrastructure, technologies and equipment, all-Asian joint service center...
And bear in mind that Il-114 is widely unified with Il-112 lite cargo platform...

 

[gadeshi]

Lite cargo version cargo hold sizes:

 

[gadeshi]

More drawings and details:

 

[gadeshi]

Kasatka (Orca) surviallance and patrol avionics suite:

 

[gadeshi]

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[gadeshi]

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[TPFscopes]

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What the hell is fixed under belly?

 

[gadeshi]

And the most wierd - gunship version Il-114TOP:
https://topwar.ru/114126-aviacionnyy-kompleks-ognevoy-podderzhki-il-114-top.html
http://werewolf0001.livejournal.com/82110.html

 

[gadeshi]

What the hell is fixed under belly?

Wide angle multi-spectral optical station prototype if I'm not wrong.

 

[tarunraju]

If its cabin noise is low enough, the civilian version could make an excellent competitor to ATR72-600 and Q400-DH8 in India's civil-aviation market fueled by UDAN scheme. It has 15 fewer seats, but shorter takeoff/landing runs.

 

[gadeshi]

If its cabin noise is low enough, the civilian version could make an excellent competitor to ATR72-600 and Q400-DH8 in India's civil-aviation market fueled by UDAN scheme. It has 15 fewer seats, but shorter takeoff/landing runs.

Yes, it has lower noise due to low placed wing that moves engine and props out of cabin level much lower (in difference with the others who have high wing placement) and new low noise propellers.
At the top of this, it will have 15% more effective technical and economy profile (like 15% lower TCO).

 

[StormyKid]

What an interesting concept. Great discussion.

 

[Bahamut]

What the hell is fixed under belly?

FLIR sensor
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[Bahamut]

Kasatka (Orca) surviallance and patrol avionics suite:

What are its specifications
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[Bahamut]

This would be an unwise choice.
With barely two dozen in service even though the introduction of the type was way back in 1998.
Plus India is in talks with Airbus for the C295W, a better aircraft, in my opinion for the Avro replacement and overall.
The An32s will stay till the late 2020s as the "RE" upgrade is under progress.
So that rules out the IAF.
The civilian market seems to favour the ATRs too, so I see little hope for this Ilyushin in India.

We have choose a new variety with new engine and control system.