Mikoyan MiG SVB
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| SVB | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | airliner and cargo aircraft |
| National origin | Russia |
| Manufacturer | MiG |
| Designer | |
| Status | Cancelled project |
The Mikoyan MiG SVB (Cyrillic: Микоян МиГ СВБ) was a 1990s Russian project to develop a turboprop-powered regional airliner and cargo transport[1][2] for hot and high environments,[1][3] including operations at night and in all weather.[4][5] The SVB was expected to have considerably lower operating costs than similar aircraft already in service, such as the Antonov An-32,[6] largely due to the type's newer and lower-power Klimov TV7-117S engines.[6]
"SVB" stood for Samolet Vysotnogo Bazirovaniya (Самолет Высотного Базирования) — "Aircraft for high-altitude bases" in Russian,[1][7] and the project was known internally at MiG as article 801 (изделие 801, izdeliye 801).[1] Political and economic instability around the dissolution of the Soviet Union ended the project[1] in 1994.[8]
The SVB design was conventional for aircraft of its type:[1][4] a shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional tail.[1][4] It was to have retractable tricycle undercarriage,[1][4] with the main units retracting into fairings on the sides of the fuselage,[1][4] in addition to flotation devices.[1] Power was to be provided by two turboprop engines mounted on the wings, driving tractor propellers.[1][4] The wings were to be equipped with high-lift devices.[9] One unusual feature of the design was that the fuselage maintained a constant, rectangular cross-section from aft of the flight deck all the way to the rear of the aircraft.[10]
Two basic passenger configurations were proposed for the regional airliner: a standard 40-seat version with eight rows of five seats,[11] and a 50-seat high-density version with ten rows of five seats at a decreased pitch.[3][4][11] In both cases, a single aisle was to be provided, offset to starboard.[11]
In cargo configuration, the SVB was to be equipped with a loading ramp in its rear fuselage[1][4][8] and have an electric hoist fitted on tracks on the cabin ceiling.[4][7][11] The interior was to be fully pressurised.[3][11]