Beriev Be-30

Infobox Aircraft
name=Beriev Be-30


caption=Beriev Be-30
type=Airliner
manufacturer=Beriev
designer=
first flight=1967-03-03
introduced=
retired=
status=
primary user=Aeroflot
more users=
produced=1968-1976
number built=8
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=The Beriev Be-30, NATO codename "Cuff", is a Russian regional airliner and utility transport aircraft. It was developed specifically for Aeroflot local service routes using short, grass airstrips. It was also designed to be used in the light transport, aerial survey and air ambulance roles.It competed against Antonov An-28 and the Czechoslovakian LET-410 and claims were made that it didn't became the standard plane in this size due to political reasons within the COMECON tradingbloc.

The original design featured interconnected engines, so that in case of one engine failing, the remaining engine could drive both propellers, though this was not implemented in the production version.

The first prototype flew on 3 March 1967, fitted with Shvetsov ASh-21 piston engines, while the first production prototype flew on 18 July 1968, using more powerful turboprop engines. The first deliveries to Aeroflot were in mid-1969.Green, William, "The Observers Book of Aircraft", Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-7232-0087-4]

Variants

* Be-30: Production model
* Be-30A: With 'high-density' seating for 21-23 passengers
* Be-32: Upgraded model first displayed in 1993
* Be-32K: 'Westernized' version with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines

Operators

; USSR
* Aeroflot.

pecifications (Be-30)

aircraft specifications

jet or prop?=prop
plane or copter?=plane
crew=2
capacity=14-16 passengers
length main=15.7 m
length alt=51 ft 6 in
span main=17.0 m
span alt=55 ft 9 in
height main=5.52 m
height alt=18 ft 2 in
area main=32 m²
area alt=340 ft²
empty weight main=3,607 kg
empty weight alt= 7,937 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=1,500 kg
useful load alt=3,300 lb
max takeoff weight main=5,860 kg
max takeoff weight alt=12,920 lb

engine (prop)=Glushenkov TVD-10
type of prop=turboprop engines
number of props=2
power main=708 kW
power alt=950 shp

max speed main=480 km/h
max speed alt=260 knots, 300 mph
max speed more=at 2,000 m (6,500 ft)
cruise speed main=460 km/h
cruise speed alt=250 knots, 290 mph
cruise speed more=at 2,000 m
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
range main=1,300 km
range alt=700 nm, 810 mi
ceiling main=
ceiling alt=
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
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power/mass main=
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References

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External links

* [http://www.beriev.com/eng/core_e.html Beriev site]
* [http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=83 Be-30/32 at Airliners.net]