M-346 - a modern Italian training aircraft (TCB). It was originally developed jointly by the Russian Design Bureau. A.S. Yakovleva and Italian L'Alenia Aermacchi . Due to disagreements with the Italian partner, the joint development at the final stage has stopped. Each of the companies received documentation for the basic version of the future aircraft ( glider ), after which they released their own versions of aircraft: Aermacchi built the M-346 TCB, and the Design Bureau named after Yakovleva - combat training aircraft Yak-130 . L'Alenia Aermacchi retained the rights to distribute and market the aircraft worldwide, with the exception of the CIS (including Russia).
| M-346 | |
|---|---|
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| Type of | training / light attack aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Alenia aermacchi |
| The first flight | July 15, 2004 |
| Start of operation | November 15, 2011 [1] |
| Status | operated, produced |
| Operators |  Italian Air Force  Israeli Air Force  Polish Air Force  Singapore Armed Forces |
| Years of production | since 2010 |
| Units produced | more than 68 units |
| Unit cost | $ 20 million |
| Base model | Yak-130D |
After building two prototypes, the third pre-production prototype M-346 LRIP00 took off from the Venegono airfield on Monday, July 7, 2008 . It was presented at the Farnborough International Air Show in July 2008 .
The use of composite materials and titanium in its design allowed to reduce the weight by 700 kg compared to the original prototype, which improved the characteristics of the device.
The aircraft is designed for advanced flight training of pilots and is capable of speeds up to 1060 km / h. The M-346 has two Honeywell F124-GA-200 turbofan engines . The aircraft equipment includes three color displays in the cockpit, an Alenia Difesa avionics kit, and a Martin Baker / SICAMB ejection seat: Mk.16. In the combat version it is capable of carrying a load of up to 3000 kg in weight at 9 nodes of the suspension.
Content
- 1 Flight Accidents
- 2 Specifications
- 3 In service
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Flight Accidents
On November 18, 2011, the prototype that participated in the Dubai Airshow show crashed after flying from Dubai to Italy . [2] [3]
On May 11, 2013, another plane crashed 20 minutes after takeoff due to engine problems. [four]
Specifications
Data source: Leonardo official website [5]
- Specifications
- Crew : 2 people
- Length : 11.49 m
- Wing span : 9.72 m
- Height : 4.76 m
- Wing Area: 23.52 m²
- Empty weight: 4610 kg
- Normal take-off weight: 6700 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 9500 kg
- The mass of fuel in internal tanks: 2000 kg
- fuel mass in PTB: 3 PTB × 505 kg
- Fuel tank capacity :
- internal: 2500 l
- PTB: 3 × 630 L
- Powerplant: 2 × turbofan Honeywell F124-GA-200
- Thrust : 2 × 2850 kgf
- Flight characteristics
- Maximum speed: 1060 km / h
- Practical range:
- with 100% fuel: 2000 km
- with 3 PTBs: 2700 km
- Practical ceiling : 13,700 m
- Rate of climb : 112 m / s (6705 m / min)
- Wing load: 285 kg / m²
- Dead weight : 0.84
- Takeoff run: 420 m
- Mileage length: 550 m
- Maximum operational overload : -3 / + 8 g
- Armament
- Pendant points: 9
- Combat load: 3000 kg
Armed
- Italy - 18 units, as of 2018 [6] [7]
- Singapore - 12 units, as of 2016 [8]
- Israel - 30 units as of 2016 [9] A total of 30 units ordered in 2012 [10]
- Poland - 8 units in operation as of 2018. Another 8 aircraft ordered. [eleven]
- Azerbaijan purchased about 10 units. 15 more units ordered [12]
See also
- Yak-130
- Hawker Siddeley Hawk
- Hongdu L-15
- KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
- Aero L-159 Alca
- Boeing T-45 Goshawk
- AIDC AT-3
Notes
- ↑ Italian Ministry of Defense adopted the first M-346 Master Master
- ↑ Alenia Aermacchi M-346 crashes in UAE
- ↑ The first serial UBS M-346 "Master" crashed
- ↑ The Italian M-346 crashed, the pilot ejected
- ↑ Brochure M-346
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016, p.113
- ↑ Poland acquired four more M-346 combat training aircraft - bmpd
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016, p. 288
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016, p.335
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016, p. 362
- ↑ Poland exercises approximately 130 million euro option for four additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers - DETAIL - Leonardo - Aerospace, Defense and Security
- ↑ news, 1st . Azerbaijani Air Force presented a new generation jet aircraft M-346 - PHOTO (Russian) . Date of treatment May 11, 2017.