Tupolev Tu-144D

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Tupolev Tu-144D
Tu 144 preparing for takeoff
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
 FDM Stars-5.png
 Systems Stars-5.png
 Cockpit Stars-3.png
 Model Stars-5.png
Supports Checklists Tutorials
Development
 Repository The development repository of the Tupolev Tu-144D.
Download Download the Tupolev Tu-144D aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).
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 This is a link to a Wikipedia article

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

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

Mass
Max T/O 207,000 kg
Normal T/O 180,000 kg
Max. landing 120,000 kg
Speed
Liftoff 360..380 km/h
Cruise Mach 1.9..2.1
Max speed at 19,000 m Mach 2.15
Pattern 340 km/h
Glideslope 290 km/h
Touchdown 270..290 km/h
Altitude
Practical ceiling 19,700 m
Cruise 16,500..19,500 m

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