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General forums => General forum => Topic started by: swiftus27 on September 07, 2010, 06:42:12 PM

Title: IL 96M
Post by: swiftus27 on September 07, 2010, 06:42:12 PM
Doesnt it also come with option PW Engines?  

Is this in game?  

Perhaps someone will actually use them if they do.

From Wiki:

This is a stretched variant of the Il-96-300. It features a 10 m (30 ft) fuselage stretch, is 15 tonnes (33,000 lb) heavier, is fitted with Western-style avionics, and is powered by four Pratt & Whitney PW2337 engines with a thrust rating of 165 kN (37,000 lbf). Range with 312 passengers in a three-class configuration or 92 tonne (203,000 lb) payload is about 10,400 km (5,600 nmi). This turned it into a true -but vastly more capable - Il-86 successor. The Il-96M/T is broadly comparable with the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 777-200A, but is much cheaper. Development on the M/T variant stalled when the US Export-Import Bank suspended talks on financing the engines and avionics, due to Russia's economic problems.[3] The Il-96M also dispenses the need for a flight engineer. It is designed for a crew of two.
Title: Re: IL 96M
Post by: Maarten Otto on September 07, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Fine, but what about fuel consumption?  With "western engines" I might suspect it to burn at least 30% less....
Title: Re: IL 96M
Post by: swiftus27 on September 08, 2010, 02:42:46 PM
Okay well perhaps it does???