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Published: 2010-10-13 11:10:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 11251; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 599
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Sentry Aerospace N-600-100V SCA carrying The Buran spacecraft replica.The real one was destroyed on May 12, 2002, a hangar housing Buran in Kazakhstan collapsed, due to poor maintenance. [link]
Sentry Aerospace N-600-100V SCA General Specification:
Crew:
3 or 4 (2 pilots, 1 navigator, and 1 flight engineer when carrying Shuttle)
Payload: 200,000 kg (440,100 lb)
Length:
75.1 m (246.4 ft)
Wingspan:
70.4 m (230.9 ft)
Height:
15.8 m (51.9 ft)
Powerplant:
6 x Lambda Power LP-990x PTV Pitch Thrust Vectoring high by-pass turbofans,
93,000 lbf (410 kN) each
Maximum speed:
Mach 0.92 (630 mph, 1,015 km/h) at 35,000 ft (10,668 km)
Cruise speed:
Mach 0.845 (564 mph, 490 kn, 908 km/h)
Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,668 m) with Shuttle
Range: 7,000 km (4,350 mi) with Shuttle
A credit for bagera3005 [link]
for the permission for using the Buran line art [link]
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Comments: 8
Yeah,now the American Shuttle will have the same faith, retired!
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im not sure if thrust-vectoring will be very useful on such a large aircraft
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Those were useful for boosting its take-off and landing performance, as specially in short run way.
Anyway, thanks for the comments.
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OH wow.. I never knew the Buran was destroyed. That's quite dissapointing. I was hoping in my lifetime to see a joint Shuttle mission between the two in space. Would have been a very cool photo to have both docked together or at the ISS.
Question about your A/C. Are there to engine nacels attached to the port and starboard of the main gear? Plus could you make a posting of the specs that are listed. They are a bit too small to read even when the pic is expanded. THANKS 
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Yeah, I was surprised when I read the fact. Yes there are engine nacels near the landing gear. Its a wild idea to be honest ^_^
As for the spec, I've mended it.
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Yeah it is a wild idea. But I would have high concerns for FOD ingestion. But adding thrust vectoring to a cargo aircraft isn't a bad idea. Probably could help in unimproved landing strip take-offs and maybe landings allowing the a/c to come in at a higher flare angle. Cool concept.
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