Beriev Be-200
The Beriev Be -200 Altair (Russian Бериев Бе -200) (ICAO Code: BER2 ) is a Russian amphibious aircraft.
History
This machine is a significantly revised and smaller version of the Beriev Be - 42nd The Be-200 can run both land and water surfaces. Applications are the sea surveillance, environmental protection, fire-fighting operations, passenger or Frachtguttransport. To export the machine instead of the usual is Progress with Rolls- Royce or Allison engines offered. The roll-out took place in September 1996, the maiden flight of the prototype took place on 24 September 1998. The limited admission as a fire extinguishing aircraft received the aircraft on 10 August 2001, the full approval by the Russian authorities was carried out on 29 December 2003.
Fire missions took place in August 2004 and July-September in Italy in 2005, in Portugal in 2006 and Sumatra in 2007 in Portugal and 2010 in the forest and peat fires in Russia.
First commercial users of the Be-200 is Azerbaijan, which formally in Taganrog on 25 April 2008 became the first machine, after 2007, a contract was signed. A further six machines have been made (as of October 2010). Two prototypes include the design office Berijew, while the four previously produced loading 200TschS of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations (abbreviated MTschS ) are operated. A seventh machine is in an advanced stage of construction.
Construction
The hull is divided into an upper -pressurized part with dimensions of 18.70 m (length), 2.50 m (width) and 1.90 m (height) and a lower part with no pressure ventilation, which accommodates the equipment for fire fighting. Aluminum alloys are used as materials having an increased corrosion resistance, and composites.
The machine has a triple redundant fly-by -wire system and a large avionic with six 15 × 20 -cm color displays in the cockpit. The supercritical wing used have a sweep angle of 23 °.
For use as a water bomber, the Be-200 can accommodate a total of 12,000 liters of water in eight tanks under the cabin floor. In addition, there are six tanks with extinguishing agent additions in the cab install. Filling the tank can while sliding on water by four water inlets and this takes only 18 seconds.
Versions
- Be-200: basic version (previously built less than ten units )
- Be - 200ES: version with limited European approval
- Be -210: Planned version with 72 seats
- Be -220: Military version for maritime surveillance
- Be - 250: version planned as early warning aircraft