Tupolev Tu-330

<h2 id="design">Design</h2>
<p>The Tu-330 was to have a swept high-mounted wing design with two <a href="/facts/High-bypass_turbofan_engine/x8XWVw19">high-bypass</a> ratio <a href="/facts/Aviadvigatel_PS-90/vpnBLcd8">PS-90A</a> engines mounted below the wings. An optional powerplant system has also been proposed, using <a href="/facts/Kuznetsov_NK-93/oINpP5N7">NK-93</a> engines that can operate on <a href="/facts/Liquefied_natural_gas/HIm7BbAl">LNG</a> (liquefied natural gas) fuel. The aircraft was also designed for commonality with the <a href="/facts/Tupolev_Tu-204/Jv2cNhov">Tu-204/Tu-214</a> civilian airliner series, in order to simplify production and minimize costs of manufacturing, maintenance and parts.
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<h2 id="variants">Variants</h2>
<p>In addition to Tu-330, the following variants were proposed:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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Tu-330
Basic civilian cargo variant.
Tu-330PS
<a href="/facts/Search_and_rescue/pdLTUPgl">Search and rescue</a> variant.
Tu-330P
<a href="/facts/Aerial_firefighting/4R9nv5Qm">Firefighting</a> variant.
Tu-330RL
A variant designed for long-range reconnaissance flights.
Tu-330R
Communication relay aircraft.
Tu-330VT
Strategic/Tactical <a href="/facts/Airlift/B4AxnbhF">airlifter</a>.
Tu-330SE
Sanitary and evacuation aircraft.
Tu-330TZ
<a href="/facts/Aerial_refueling/VMV3xXlW">Aerial refueling</a> tanker.
Tu-330K (Tu-338)
A proposed liquid natural gas-fuelled variant with a <a href="/facts/Kuznetsov_NK-93/oINpP5N7">Samara NK-94</a> engine.
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<p><i>Data from</i> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008–2009</p><p>General characteristics
</p><ul><li>Crew: two</li>
<li>Length: 42.00 m (137 ft 9.5 in)</li>
<li>Wingspan: 43.50 m (142 ft 8.5 in)</li>
<li>Height: 14.00 m (45 ft 1.25 in)</li>
<li>Wing area: 195.5 m2 (2,104 sq ft)</li>
<li>Gross weight: 103,500 kg (228,175 lb)</li>
<li>Useful lift: 35,000 kg (77,000 lb)</li>
<li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/facts/Aviadvigatel_PS-90A/vpnBLcd8">Aviadvigatel PS-90A</a> turbofans , 171 kN (38,400 lbf) thrust  each</li></ul>
<p>Performance
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<ul><li>Cruise speed: 850 km/h (530 mph, 460 kn)</li>
<li>Range: 3,000 km (1,865 mi, 1,621 nmi)</li>
<li>Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,100 ft)</li></ul>

<h3>Notes</h3>

<h3>Bibliography</h3>

<ul><li>Paul Jackson, ed. (2008). <i>Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008–2009</i>. Coulsdon, Surrey, England: Jane's Information Group. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7106-2837-4.</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tupolev Tu-330.

<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070208061312/http://www.tupolev.ru/English/Show.asp?SectionID=123">Information on the Tu-330, from Tupolev</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/tu-330.htm">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/tu-330.htm</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Туполев Ту-330". avia.pro. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2019. <a href="http://avia.pro/blog/tu-330" target="_blank">http://avia.pro/blog/tu-330</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Jackson 2008, p. 521 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Tupolev Tu-330