Plane is nice but could use more blades

[usmcecho4]

Did a quick search and didn't find anything. AN-70 with 4 propfan engines and 64 blades!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yyHySgD6l08

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmarinemike]

Neat, but it's gotta be a maintenance cluster%$#.


Have a friend wo drove Antonovs in Moldova. Said he liked it a lot.

 

[NavAir42]

Holy crap that's a lot of blades.

 

[MasterBates]

NP-2000 on CRACK!

 

[PropStop]

Neat, but it's gotta be a maintenance cluster%$#.

I just need to be Russian to be a mx CF.

 

[scoober78]

Sounds more like a NASCAR race than an airplane.

 

[xj220]

I read about it online, but I still don't understand how it all really works and how it's supposed to be better.