RWAI An-2

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 01 Apr 2007, 21:58

Well,
I was always keen to develop her:

Is she somehow connected with military? Of course!

flyboy · Post by **flyboy** » 01 Apr 2007, 22:04

Antonov An-2 ????

Psuls · Post by **Psuls** » 01 Apr 2007, 22:15

flyboy wrote:Antonov An-2 ????

Looks like it is

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 02 Apr 2007, 01:26

I've always loved that airplane, just looks cool.

delta b · Post by **delta b** » 02 Apr 2007, 02:59

Nice! There aren't too many AI biplanes running around, especially not ones that are right at home in 2007.

Dan

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 02 Apr 2007, 11:10

Well, if you count that around 18 000 of them were built - in USSR, mostly in Poland and some rest in China:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-2

There are still many survivors round here:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded ... 34/page/vc

I think there would be some problem to manage which are flyable right now but I am sure that quite enough:
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... nov%20An-2

f14driver · Post by **f14driver** » 02 Apr 2007, 11:49

Oh yes do I want that one

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 02 Apr 2007, 13:13

It's coming along nicely, I hope many will love her

Almost everyone has a different paint now, it will be a nightmare for repainters. The model will fit both exotic military packages here (a primary purpose I do it)
as well as various GA sets, like those done by Ultimate GA (the guys do not look hyper-active last months

) ...

Some rounded shapes here and there:

Misha_K · Post by **Misha_K** » 02 Apr 2007, 14:10

Nice work, Rysiek! Just FYI, you know there is an AI An-2 out already. Available on Avsim.ru and used in a few of the most recent RATS packages.

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 02 Apr 2007, 14:22

I think I know ... but when I looked at the model, I did not encountered any LODs.
That's why we are here, yeah?

ronniegj · Post by **ronniegj** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:18

I saw one at an airshow a few years back. Much larger than you would suspect, and the slow flight ability was amazing. I look forward to having her in my AI.

Ron

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 03 Apr 2007, 14:10

Getting there ...

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 04 Apr 2007, 20:42

...and a first taxi

:

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 04 Apr 2007, 20:59

...then: a first flight

:

Tweek · Post by **Tweek** » 04 Apr 2007, 21:58

Looks nice.

Just out of curiosity, what air forces still operate the AN-2?

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 05 Apr 2007, 05:34

There are lots of them both in Air Forces AND paramilitary affiliates for sure. On top off my head are: Russia, China, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia ...

Poland: http://www.redakcjawojskowa.pl/gazeta/i ... &Itemid=49
- well, it's in Polish but it says here, that the guy is a commander of Polish AF An-2 light transport - liason squadron based in Wroclaw:

):
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1087362/L/

Romania [NATO !]
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1094786/L/

China [Y-5]:
http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/airlift/default.asp [200+ !]
http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/airlift/y5.asp

Plus a hell lot of former second-hand ex-military examples flying as a giant GA, flying club workhorses, parachutist vessels, sailplane towing, landscape looking planes and so on.
Lots still in Aeroflot and such, in Siberia and CIS countries.
You can find them as well in US, Sweden, France, UK and such.

Tupolev 144 · Post by **Tupolev 144** » 05 Apr 2007, 13:53

Also used by:

Libya
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1166948/L/

Macedonia:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1133748/L/

North-Korea:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... ipment.htm it says 300 are still flying around in the DPRK

And this one is based at my local airport (EHTX).

Tweek · Post by **Tweek** » 05 Apr 2007, 21:59

Quite a lot more than I thought, then!

I've seen one or two over here (Leicester, UK) before, although I've no idea what they were being used for, or where they were based.

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 07 Apr 2007, 18:51

Babies got their blurred propellers (turning clockwise) in the end, so it looks like the most difficult (for me) part is over

:

RipPipPip · Post by **RipPipPip** » 07 Apr 2007, 23:25

I can not get a "preflight" phase work for a piston engine aircraft. Navigation light condition looks like is not working. So I will do different model with and without "open" doors when on the ground, to have a user to choose from.

What I do get is something like that:

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