Tupolev 154

With more than 900 planes built the TU-154 was widely used by airlines mainly in Eastern Europe. There is still a decreasing number in service today.

This plane is looking elegant on ground as in flight. As a three-engine aircraft it can easily be powered by a single turbine in the tail. The main landing gears retract backward into fibreglass fairings. An all-moving tailplane is used.

Powerplant: Glow:   2 x 10 – 2 x 12 cc (.60 - .72 cu.in.)

Turbine:           1 x  80 N (18 lbs.)

                                                           2 x  40 N (9 lbs.)

3 x  27 N (6 lbs.)

                               Ducted Fan:    diameter up to 90 mm (3.5’’)

Specifications: Fiberglass parts : Norbert Rauch

Span    Length   Wing Area    Weight Foam cores : Manfred Köster

TU-154   2.35 m (92.5’’) 2.99 m (118’’) 78.7 dm² (1219 sq.in.) 12 kg (27 lbs.) Retracts: Hawe Modellbau

Basic Instructions:

Videos: (1) (2) (3)

Pics:

(Norbert Rauch)

(Manfred Köster)

(Denis Bogautov)

(Bülent Deveci)

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