Antonov An-2 Ideas and Inspiration

[GTX_Admin]

Folks,

A thread dedicated to your Antonov An-2 Ideas and Inspiration

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Wikipedia - Antonov An-2 (NATO Reporting name COLT)

[Jeffry Fontaine]

I wonder if Antonov ever attempted to create a gas turbine powered An-2? 

[GTX_Admin]

I wonder if Antonov ever attempted to create a gas turbine powered An-2?

Well, yes - there was/is the AN-3 which is powered by a Glushenkov TVD-20-03 Turboprop (which is a Gas Turbine):



I would love it if someone did a conversion in 1/48.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

I wonder if Antonov ever attempted to create a gas turbine powered An-2?

Well, yes - there was/is the AN-3 which is powered by a Glushenkov TVD-20-03 Turboprop (which is a Gas Turbine):



I would love it if someone did a conversion in 1/48.

Just found the same information at Greg Goebels Air Vectors installment on the An-2.  :)

[GTX_Admin]

It's also on the Wikipedia page you linked to.

[Diavel]

I did a playfix one of these, I left the bottom set of wings off, replaced the engine cowl with an unknown item from a ww2 aircraft, 4 blade prop, and floats. I put the pollution control decals on it from the revel Dornier kit and some Canada decals on and painted it bright orange. I also put some spray tanks on it for spraying chemicals on to oil slicks.
Chris.

[GTX_Admin]

Any photos?

[Weaver]

Well I've got this idea for one having a dogfight with a Huey.......

[Diavel]

Well I've got this idea for one having a dogfight with a Huey.......

I should have some but from what I can remember, they were very blurred as I took them on my old camera that was a pain to get a decent pic with.Let me see if I can find them.
Chris

[Diavel]

Here they are, as I said not great pics but you can get the general idea.Oh, and I put a 3 blade prop on, not a 4 blade. oops.



Chris.
 

[GTX_Admin]

Looks great!

[Weaver]

From the Wikipedia page:

A note from the pilot's handbook reads: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph), and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."

  Class...... :)

[GTX_Admin]

New way of designing for "fail safe".

[jschmus]

From the link on Facebook that inspired my post of the other day:


From what I understand, it's the fuselage of an An-2 mounted to the chassis of a KrAZ truck, and it's based somewhere in Hungary where it's used as a promotional item of some sort.  The Aeroflot markings are spurious, just applied for appearance's sake.

[Weaver]

The Aeroflot markings are spurious, just applied for appearance's sake.

Oh good, 'cos I can see how appearances are really important to them......

[Daryl J.]

Call me a Redneck but I have thought that aircraft would serve well as a derelict home much like the airplane fuselage Michael Douglas' character was living in in Romancing the Stone.   

[kitnut617]

I saw these at different times this year, top one was at Yuma Airshow in the static park (March), bottom one was at the Calgary Airshow (July and actually in Airdrie just north of Calgary) which did a flying display.  It flew incredibly slowly all the way along the main runway which must have taken nearly 10 minutes to complete.

[GTX_Admin]

How about a gunship version?

[upnorth]

How about a gunship version?

I have heard stories of the North Vietnamese using rocket pod equipped An-2s as night raiders.

Bilek made a boxing of their 1/72 Colt in such a configuration at one point in time.

[upnorth]

It'll take a bit to make a WHIFF version of an aircraft that's done almost everything short of fighter duties at some point in its life.

Here's some pics I've taken of Colts over the past ten years to serve as some inspiration:

[perttime]

At least one owner has equipped his An-2 as a summer cottage or camper van.
The family (husband, wife, a couple of kids) spend summer holidays in it, and sometimes fly to some European destinations.

[PR19_Kit]

I just wish they'd fit them with engines that didn't CLATTER so much! 

There's one around these parts, tastefully painted in red and yellow, that's used for para-dropping and the racket it makes is appalling. I was unlucky enough to be on 'Controller Duty' when it 'dropped into' our gliding club once and I thought the entire engine was going to fall off the airframe onto our launch point!

[aerospacer]

How about the Lala-1 experimental version with a jet engine, which was used as a demonstrator for the PZL M-15:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_M-15_Belphegor

http://kevsaviationpics.blogspot.com/2012/02/antonov-2skh-colt.html

http://www.an2flyers.org/pix/Lala-1.JPG

http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/18-flugzeuge-zivil/2296-latajace-laboratorium-lala-1-italeri.html

The An-2E Ekranoplan is also a bit different:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/2008/03/antonov-an-2e-wig/

As is the An-6 Meteo:

http://ram-home.com/ram-old/an-6.html

Or the armed An-2F:

http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/an-2f.html

Martin

[GTX_Admin]

Well there is a kit of the An-2 "Gunship":



Though I was thinking of something more akin to the AC-47 setup: