Tupolev Tu-144D

Tupolev Tu-144D

Tu 144 preparing for takeoff
Type	Airliner, Supersonic aircraft
Configuration	Canard aircraft, Delta-wing aircraft
Propulsion	Quadjet (Jet aircraft, Four-engine aircraft)
Manufacturer	Tupolev
Author(s)	@femboywings, @ShFsn, @konsni
FDM	JSBSim
--aircraft=	Tu-144D
Status	Advanced production
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License	CC BY-SA 4.0
This aircraft is NOT available under the GNU GPL 2, the primary license of the FlightGear project. This means that parts cannot be reused in the official FlightGear repositories.
Wikipedia	Tupolev Tu-144

The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO: Charger) supersonic transport (SST) was the first of the two supersonic passenger airliners to fly. The other one was the Concorde.

The aircraft is unique for its retractable canards, which enable takeoff/landing at speeds not much higher than those of conventional airliners.

FlightGear model

The project was conceived in July 2014 and has been active since April 2015. Its goal is to accurately model flight dynamics, systems and instruments of the Tu-144 entirely in JSBSim and then make a convincing visual model.

catalog.xml for the QT launcher: https://gitlab.com/mdanil/Tu-144_hangar/raw/master/catalog.xml

Current status

Sep 2018.

• FDM and control in agreement with POH;

• reasonable autopilot based on the documentation for Tu-154B;

• plausible navigation stack with the Orbita-10 FMC, RSBN support, mobile RSBN and mobile Katet landing system;

• complete set of cockpit warnings;

• engines, systems and most instruments following POH;

• automated crew: callouts and landing/RTO actions;

• state overlays and realistic autostart;

• correct animation, sounds, view and particle effects in multiplayer;

• basic damage;

• visibility of Su-15 MPClash missiles;

• Mumble control;

• Autopush automatic pushback;

• basic instruments and annunciators in 3d.

Known issues

• The visual model needs a replacement;

• most of the cockpit is still only represented by PUI dialogs.

The reworking of visual will start when the relevant sizes are known from cockpit modeling.

Characteristics and performance

Weight
Empty	99,200 kg
Max T/O	207,000 kg
Normal T/O	180,000 kg
Max landing	120,000 kg
Fuel max	98,000 kg
Payload max	15,000 kg
Speed
Cruise	Mach 1.9..2.1
Max at 19,000 m	Mach 2.15
Pattern	340 km/h IAS
Approach	290 km/h IAS
Altitude
Cruise	16,500..19,500 m
Practical ceiling	19,700 m
Range
Max fuel, 7,000 kg payload	6500 km

External links

• Tupolev Tu-144

• Tu-144S (reg. USSR-77106) Flight Manual (Russian)

• Rivers R. A Qualitative Piloted Evaluation of the Tupolev Tu-144 Supersonic Transport

• Bliznyuk V. The truth about supersonic transport (Russian)