Tupolev Tu-114

The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya is a turboprop powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau.

The Tupolev design bureau was instructed by the government of the Soviet Union to develop an airliner with intercontinental range based on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber. The result was a large airliner powered by 4 powerful Kuznetsov NK-12 engines driving massive contra-rotating propellers which was similar to the later Antonov An-22. It came as a surprise to Western observers that a propeller-driven aircraft could operate at jet-like speeds. It was huge by 1950s standards, the largest landbased airliner of its time, with accommodation for 120 to 220 passengers.

General characteristics
* Crew: 5
* Capacity: 120-220 passengers
* Payload: :*Normal: 15,000 kg (30,070 lb)
* Maximum: 30,000 kg (66,140 lb)
* Length: 54.10 m (177 ft 4 in)
* Wingspan: 51.1 m (167 ft 7.75 in)
* Height: 15.44 m (50 ft 8 in)
* Wing area: 311.1 m² (3,349 ft²)
* Empty weight: 91,000 - 93,000 kg (200,621 - 205,030 lb)
* Loaded weight: 131,000 kg (289,000 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 175,000 kg (385,809 lb)
* Powerplant: 4× Kuznetsov NK-12MV turboprops driving contra-rotating props, 11,000 kW (14,800 hp)15,000 PS each

Performance
* Maximum speed: 870 km/h (470 kt, 541 mph)
* Cruise speed: 770 km/h (415 kt, 478 mph)
* Range: 6,200 km (3,300 nm, 3,900 mi)
* Service ceiling 12,000 m (39,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
* Wing loading: 421 kg/m² (86.2 lb/ft²)
* Power/mass: 168 W/kg (0.102 hp/lb)