red750 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Interesting photo of an Antonov An-128 wheelbarrowing in the fog at Oslo airport. [ATTACH]25508[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Perhaps this should be in the 'how low can you go?' thread. , different site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daza Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 That's nothin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 That's nothin! Yes the old 'Boo was quite good at wheelbarrowing - I saw a demonstration in Hobart once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 AN-12 not AN-128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 AN-12 not AN-128 You're quite right, Kiwi303. To be precise, it's An-12Bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yes the old 'Boo was quite good at wheelbarrowing - I saw a demonstration in Hobart once. Hmmm I recall seeing that in Hobart ... think it was the year they flew in the Roulettes in their 'brand new' PC9 get up - the olden days - back when I was AUF member but not yet a pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Wondering if the nose wheel strut on the AN should be bent back like that...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 Wondering if the nose wheel strut on the AN should be bent back like that...... Looks similar to this and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 You're quite right, Kiwi303. To be precise, it's An-12Bk AN-12BP actually. The BK was only built for the military airlift services, the BP included civilian models with all military specific gadgetry left off right from the production line. Ain't Wikipedia great. Wondering if the nose wheel strut on the AN should be bent back like that...... looks the same as the picture in the Wikipedia article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hmmm I recall seeing that in Hobart ... think it was the year they flew in the Roulettes in their 'brand new' PC9 get up - the olden days - back when I was AUF member but not yet a pilot Could have been a while ago... I remember they had an F-111 on static display. According to Wiki they've been using PC-9's since 1989 - don't think it was quite that long ago but probably not far off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 That's nothin! Wow, can you imagine the stress on the front wheel strut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Wow, can you imagine the stress on the front wheel strut? Not as much as it gets when its whacked into the unprepared surface on short field landing its designed for Don't forget that the situation is actually the wing (with full flap) taking most of the load and it is the very steep fuselage attitude that the full flap and not stalled wing allows that allows the wheelbarrowing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 These posts have now convinced me to design a high lift wing with flaps which will fly at 4 knots.......and fit it to my wheelbarrow. . Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andys@coffs Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 strooth Alan 4Kts is a fair old pace for a wheelbarrow...maybe down hill......But there's been times when pushing the wheelbarrow of heavey sh!t uphill that 4kts is likely much closer to 0.4Kts...... As they say pushing sh!t uphill can be difficult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 4 knots no problem, I take Jabiru energy tablets. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster87 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 The model number appearing below the captains window is AH 12 not AN 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Sorry Thruster87 and Kiwi303, an enlargement of the nose clearly shows AN12BK [ATTACH]25568[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 AH and AN are both correct. A is A in both Roman and Cyrillic, N is N in Roman and H in Cyrillic. So you have Antonov and Антонов. The ATRAN picture I posted has AH-12, ditto Red750's military picture. Ruby Star Airlines Belarus has a Wikipedia page which only mentions having 2x AN-12BP's With that zoom in and crop posted saying BK under the pilots window, not BP, I had a deeper google... and a visit to the Ruby Star web page. The mention having a fleet of several AN-12 but don't list makes. googling the reg number EW-275TI brings up some planespotting fact and photo sites. That one IS a BK, built 1970, on the other hand, reg number EW-338TI is a Ruby Star owned BP like the wiki page states they have. So they have both. The BK is a late model wide-door BP with modernised cockpit. Of the two, the BK in the OP is 1970 built, the BP I found was a 1961 build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 There's no stress on the nosewheel to speak of when the very effective flapperons are extended with the speed raised slightly and power kept on. It's just being run along the ground. Just don't turn it with nosewheel steering Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 AH and AN are both correct. A is A in both Roman and Cyrillic, N is N in Roman and H in Cyrillic.So you have Antonov and Антонов. Interestingly, the Russians use the Roman 'N' to signify 'Number', eg: our No.1 is N.1 in Russia. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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