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Bekas Ekranoplan craft

Bekas Ekranoplan craft © Konstantinos Panitsidis
Artistic illustration K. Panitsidi

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PURPOSE 
This ekranoplan craft is designed for transporting of passengers (tourists), and also for patrol-police services, fishery inspections, fish recon­naissance, evacuation of population during flooding in inland regions.

OPERATION CONDITIONS 
The ekranoplan craft is operated in offshore sea zones, water reser­voirs, lakes and rivers all year round, The ekranoplan craft takes off and lands on water and snow.


MAIN POWER PLAINT 
Two aviation piston engines (firm Marine Power), 2x750 hp.

RADIO NAVIGATIONS AIDS 
The ekranoplan craft boasts state-of-the-art radio, radio navigation and navigation aids, which meet the Safety Rules of Flights Over the Sea in accordance with requirements of the IMO/ICAO for ekranoplan craft.

The ekranoplan craft is made of aluminum-magnesium alloys and composite materials on the basis of glass-reinforced and carbon plastics.

The ekranoplan craft "Bekas" has an aerodynamic configuration, similar to an enlarged copy of the ekranoplan "Strizh", which ensures its natural stability in both ground-effect and aircraft-mode flights, as well as improved seaworthiness, compared to flying boats of similar take-off weight.




Three-view drawing

Bekas © Konstantinos Panitsidis




Technical specifications

DESIGNER Alekseev
COUNTRY Russia
TYPE
Amphibious - transport ekranoplan
CREW 2
POWER-PLANT Two turboprop engines Marine power
Power, h.p. 2x750
DIMENSIONS  
Length, m -
Height, m -
Wing span, m -
Wing area, m2 -
WEIGHT  
Maximum take-off, kg 6.300
Normal take-off, kg -
Empty aircraft, kg -
Internal fuel, kg -
Warload, kg -
Payload, kg  
- passengers 12-16
PERFORMANCE  
Maximum speed, km/h 145 / 124
Cruising speed, km/h -
Range, km 500 / 1.000
ARMAMENT Doesn't have (defensive).