Antonov 22 at Manchester

[Fxxkintallguy]

omg it sounds and looks beautiful....

[shatteredthunder]

What 2 of those NK-12's could do on a B757!

[TheTomyossarian]

...and they call the B-52 the BUFF

[ABlodg0290]

Awesome video, one of my favorites. Two of those Kutsnekovs could probably push a B-757, asthe power output would be equivalent to PW-2000 or RB-211. Modest reduction in speed, but more fuel efficient.

[meffire86]

Too Good!!!!

[ABlodg0290]

Why the extra prop? Simply because the Kuznetkov engine is powerful enough to drive it. More airmass equals more power. To take a single prop and drive it faster would violate laws of physics if any part of that prop exceeds the speed of sound, so more surface area must be had instead, hence the counter rotational props. Also cancels out engine torque on the pylon.

[Onscherpschutter]

on discovery they said the plane ws so loud, that when i flew over submarines that where diving.

the submarines could see them on their sonar!

thats sick and cool togheter

[messie1616]

8 propellers ??

[SSD99]

@messie1616: Yep. They're the same engine/propeller combo that pushed the Tu-95 Bear to 575mph. That's right, 575 nearly 600mph! near-jet speeds and turbo-prop fuel economy- best of both worlds.

[shatteredthunder]

@messie1616 Yes because the NK-12 can push them. On a turboprop engine , it's how much air they can push behind them, as opposed to how fast, like a straight jet. No part of a prop can exceed the speed of sound, or Bernoullis principal will be violated, so it's mass, instead of speed thats important. That engine was originally designed for the TU-95. That airplane was originally designed for jets, however, turboprops were found to have much better range and ground performance.

[saptono]

I love the look of contra rotating prop jet starting up .

Contra rotating reduce significantly the rotating speed of the blade. And if well tuned could reduce the noise too .

[saptono]

I love the look of contra rotating prop jet starting up .

[Opiuth]

looks like a C130 but bigger

[zipacna1980]

@Opiuth More like a prop C-5

[fsxUSnavy]

I went in the concorde, TU144 and the AN22 and I think the AN22 is the best

[cadillacman028]

that thing has one wiieerd sound to it comin from those conterrotating blades

[Mav1843]

Don't think I would ever want to fly in one of those....

[azimuth361]

Geez, that's a big bamma jamma. Quite an impressive site to see all those blades spinning and to actually see that thing lift off.

[vanhalo]

what exactly is the point of contra rotation?

[adamcrookedsmile]

@vanhalo

Single propellers create a rotational airflow which can affect handling and that rotating component also steals propulsional airflow. With CR, the rotating component is cancelled out improving handling and efficiency. (check out the Wikipedia article)

[monk3ypilot]

awesome plane

[mr867749]

The Antonov 22 is a very distinctive propliner, both in size, noise and overall performance. On take-off and in flight it "snores" like a giant bumble-bee. The four contra-rotating props produce nearly 60,000 hp. I can't think of any Western-built plane which comes even close?

Absolutely impressive machine!

[mr867749]

An absolutely distinctive appearance, both in size, noise and power output, this Antonov 22.

BTW, did you know it's capable of producing 60,000 hp on take-off?

I can't think of any other propliner even coming close! The contra-rotating props are also a remarkable feature.

I love this aircraft!!

[LDP555]

when does that go into manchester ? , cos i go quite often

[ollyk22]

@LDP555 I live under the flightpath and only ever known this to land once in the last 8 years. I was inside at the time and the sound was so unusual that I rushed outside to see the monster on final... Amazing! The video does not do the awesome sound justice.

should note I knew nothing of the an-225 landing :(

[yelkenci54]

Nice, really nice, very nice.

[jarhead565]

i think this was a stratigic recon/bomber/ transporter before it became use to civilians

[slavsh]

I love this plane! The biggest turbopro :) By the way, it has the same engines as Tu-95 bear

[jarhead565]

why do the russians use ex-military aircraft for civilian use? dont they have money to make civilian planes only?

[streetstream]

Why do americans always use civilian plane as military planes? Don't they have money to develop military planes?

[SingularlyDatarific]

@jarhead565 Why not?

The consumer driven economy makes commercial airlines want the better planes, allowing a niche market for specialized passenger aircraft, whereas, I think, the old Soviet airlines were all govt. owned, so they have 100% of the market, so it's not like they're competing for customers, so they just use whatever.

[mikelepur]

durability and less debris in the engine nozzle!!i guess...

[smow70]

I wonder why the russians always built turboprops instead of jets. Even the "bear" bombers the russian answer to american B 52's were turboprops.

[bigscottlarock]

Because with turboprops you get the speed of jets with the fuel efficiency of propellers.

[ShiekUrBooty]

A turboprop is a "jet" engine that drives a gear box that in turn drives a propellor.

[Sacto1654]

Pity they didn't save more of these An-22's for commercial service. They would right now be in VERY high demand for outsized cargo transport to supplement the already hard-worked An-124 fleet.

[Spitfire995]

they are still in service in Russia. they are used mainly for the mail industry for long distance domestic flights such as to Russia's far east cities

[LeBartman]

@Sacto1654 That's what the AN-225 is for(or should be for).

[Proplinerman]

What an awesome beast! Saw it at East Midlands in June 2003-will never forget the sound.

[bassplaya1549]

wow that is one big turbo prop aircraft

[VovanSuper]

Yeah, sound is pure beauty :)

[tonyb24242424]

its kinda ungly like the first version of a 225

[lofi73]

Wow!

The soviets knew how to produce huge airplanes and helicopters

[phonix032]

one word WHOA

[feito82]

excelente

[foleyd7]

beast of a plane!! :)

[comisariosp]

amazing bird

[angrycaveman]

damn man. how much do these planes cost? how much can you buy one for?

[flymajj]

I remember this aircraft coming in that day. Picking up an engine for a tech FCA B757 if I remember rightly.

I was standing at the top of the steps of a EAAC B737-200 at the end of B Pier as it departed.

Beautiful.

[zedextreme8177]

When the props start up, they seem to tell a story!

[lfstweak420]

I love the contra-rotating blade sound

[leenevin2]

@lfstweak420 how do those blades help it?

[mpwelk]

@lfstweak420 lots of basS

[DrummerRF]

Can SOMEBODY tell me how they let these 2 props turn into the opposite direction of eachother,, thats.. PS that really is a beautiful sound.

[an147]

Easy. Those are turbocontraprops from Kusnetzov. One prop pulls and the other pushes. You can see those props also in the Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear".

[rubentb]

I think DrummerRF wants to know how the mechanism works...something I'm very interested in also...

[draaken8]

PS>> they both push. the Cessna 337 is an example of push-pull props, however both props on the AN-22 engines are at the front, so they both have to push. If one pushed and one pulled, they would counteract each others action and produce zero trust.

[aflacduky]

sure they use a straight hole thru a planetary sun gear box google the engines and you will find some blueprints it looks complecated however there really good engines need alot of TLC to keep flying heres whats cool not only are they counter rotating both props can be pitch adjusted negative 180degrees out of sinc but to paint a picture of the inturnals of the engine it would be to hard sorry "sorry about my bad english spelling"

[sjukjohn]

looks a little like the engine on a tupolev-95 bear

[102trafalgar]

Never seen it for real. 15000 HP Kutznetzov turboprops. What a fantastic sound! I seem to remember that the prop tips go supersonic at full power hence the sound? Got any more? Thanks.

[DrummerRF]

OMG supersonic that amazing,, dude a freaking 300 meter per secont, know the radius and you can calculate how manney RPM XD,, that must be the most powerfull turboprop engine in the world.

[lfstweak420]

it is the most powerful IMO

[GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

While I can't be 100% certain about 'most powerful', I do know for a fact it is the biggest turboprop aircraft in the world.

[EDDLspotter]

very, very nice

[dguy812]

What a beast!

[dorataro]

coooool!!