IL-76/78 MIDAS

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File Name: IL-76/78 MIDAS

File Submitter: Veltro2k

File Submitted: 01 Aug 2009

File Updated: 25 Mar 2010

File Category: Soviet Union/Russian Aircraft

 

The Il-76 tanker was conceived as long ago as 1968, but the transferable fuel load for the initial version was only 10 tonnes, which was insufficient, and development was shelved. When the higher performance Il-76 became available, the tanker project was re-started, as the Il-78, in 1982. In addition to the increased fuel load of the late model Il-76, the Il-78 has two, removeable, 18,230 l fuel tanks installed in the freight hold, giving a transferable load of 85,720 kg (188,584 lb) with hold tanks and 57,720 kg (126,984 lb) without hold tanks. Controlled from the Gunners cockpit, which is stripped of military equipment, three aircraft may refuel in flight, simultaneously, from the UPAZ-1A (Il-78) / UPAZ-1M (Il-78M) refuelling pods fitted to the outer wings and rear fuselage. In addition four aircraft can also be refuelled on the ground using conventional refuelling hoses extending from the freight hold. Due to the high weights after take-off, which, in an emergency, would mean landing at weights well in excess of maximum allowable landing weight, the Il-78 has a fuel jettison system, with jettison ports at the wingtips.

 

Cockpit: Kesselbrut

 

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Good package man. Thanks again for developing the different models for this.