Be-200 - aircraft / boat / firefighter / rescuer

The Be-200 Altair is a Russian amphibious aircraft developed by the Beriev Aircraft Company in the early 1990s. Being a flying boat with jet engines and rather large mass-dimensional features, the Be-200 is one of the most unusual serial production aircraft in the world.
The aircraft is capable of operating both on land and on water, performing patrol, search and rescue missions, as well as firefighting operations. At the moment, the main fire-fighting version of the Be-200 carries 12 tons of water, scooping it while gliding directly from the surface of reservoirs. The aircraft is actively operated in Russia and is rented by foreign countries for conducting fire-fighting operations in local zones.
The Be-200 used to be assembled at the Irkutsk aircraft plant, but now its production has been transferred to the Beriev Aircraft Company plant in Taganrog.
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[@70mavgr]

These planes did a hell of a job fighting the massive wildfires in Greece this summer.

[@SkyshipsEng]

Yes, in Russia some people are, they say planes put out fires in Europe while fires rage in Siberia

[@HorizonSniper__]

We just need more of them that's all

[@EastonHowell-zp6hz]

😂

[@Farid_Geniatulin]

слва Богу , что они помогли🙏

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

​@@EastonHowell-zp6hz. ❔

[@mycroft1905]

We need this aircraft in the firefighting role in Australia. Now! Back in the mid 1990s, the Beriev A-40 was scheduled to appear at our national aerospace show at Avalon in Victoria. Alas, it never came. I was so disappointed. Thanks for posting, Skyships. Your work is excellent.

[@tracenjez]

We don’t have enough long lakes for water collection. Sea water is bad for the land. Better off with choppers & a few Large Air Tankers

[@Captaincinquo]

We sure could have done with them last year during the fire season. There's enough reservoirs near Sydney and Brisbane to make it possible.

[@jimbee7342]

@@Captaincinquo I think they'd struggle to find any that are long enough with sufficient obstacle clearance in the South East of QLD at least. Be a bloody good plane to see though if they could make it work.

[@70mavgr]

@@tracenjez these birds did just fine with sea water fighting massive fires here in Greece this year.

[@drinksnapple8997]

@@Captaincinquo ..try better fire prevention.

[@williamprice3929]

I love this plane. This plane has tons of uses, people need to get that crap out of their heads that anything Russian is trash. They actually make good weapons, ships, an aircraft.

[@jjrdias]

Russian helicopters are also, arguably, the best out there.

[@SkyshipsEng]

In some models of airplanes and helicopters they lag behind, in others, they have very interesting machines having no direct competitors in other countries. I want to show them to you)

[@williamprice3929]

@@SkyshipsEng if they had the tech we have, they would have, and I don't mind saying this, superior stuff. I like all types of aircraft, I don't care where it comes from. More for my FSX library.

[@madhumitadatta6400]

@@SkyshipsEng Please make a video on the MiG 31.

[@duncansloan9251]

@@jjrdias u

[@woodlanditguy2951]

This is one of the most utilitarian planes I have ever seen. I could imagine a fire fighting crew or rescue crew running on one of these for days or weeks at a time. This thing could operate almost independently with a half dozen crew as long as it has access to fuel.

[@oreoornithomimus2454]

I have always loved beriev's seaplanes, and the fact that seaplanes of a strange design are still flying to this day.

[@magoid]

Politicians love to talk about forest fires. Meanwhile, when is time to turn talk into action: "there are only a dozen of them (Be-200) in the world"... But when is time to buy a new VIP jet, suddenly money is no problem.

[@johnsalas9436]

Lead by example Be #201

[@my520graj]

It is basically jet powered camper van. Great video, thank you.

[@HorizonSniper__]

This little boat is arguably the best firefighting craft there is.

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

Days with new Skyships videos are the best days.

[@peekaboo4390]

Amazing plane, love Russian designs.

[@challacustica9049]

So many countries around the world need this with all the wildfires everywhere.

[@AdmiralGrafSpee100]

I love flying boats, an be200 is really fascinating, i like the idea of an amphibian powerd by turbojets witch are mounted at the top of the wings. When i would have to mutch money the be200 would be my private jet because G5 are boring. Besides that nice work sky.

[@Blakezilla594]

Comes with an anchor too! Like a mallard on steroids👍

[@DC3Refom]

has a pretty good top speed too 434mph that is really fast for an amphibian

[@flyerkiller5073]

I read that they want to create a special airline with such planes, which will lease them to different countries for firefighting

[@SkyshipsEng]

Yes, the Rostekh corp want to create it

[@yumphallangthaphal1598]

Always love your Russian make special. Especially, when it's not a long wait after Russian language edition. Thanks.

[@SkyshipsEng]

Russian and English versions will be synchronized soon)

[@K-Effect]

Any country that has forest fire problems should have a fleet of these

[@frederickstahrgazer2153]

Forest fires are not real. They are started by the government.

[@K-Effect]

@@frederickstahrgazer2153 Arson Government Controlled burn gets out of control Crackheads pipe explodes Cigarette Lightning Vulture getting electrocuted on high-voltage power lines, catching fire than falls to the ground However it happens, if the forest catches on fire than it’s a forest fire

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

If they have Lakes and Sea waters

[@K-Effect]

@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 Wow you have come along way from playing in the mud, that online critical thinking class is really paying off, good for you

[@hellosweden8786]

The Beriev200 has always intrigued me, and I am so happy you made this video! EDIT: I really really hope this plane will be an international success. It is such an interesting and versatile design.

[@takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea]

From Russia 🇷🇺 with love 💕

[@trustweb99]

An amphibious plane with jet engines - something you don't see every day and should actually be made more popular in countries with huge swathes of water area

[@jnb894]

Time for a video about the CL 215/415/515 aircrafts serie. Pilots of all firefighter aircrafts are really Top Gun of civil aviation.

[@deathraylabs_nature]

what an awesome plane!

[@jonclassical2024]

The Be-200 is a unique useful aircraft, highly designed and engineered! Thanks for your vlog, very well done!!!

[@RobSchofield]

What an unusually versatile aircraft - excellent story!

[@frasermitchell9183]

The US Grumman company used to build flying boats, but it seems only the Russian makers continue in an honorable tradition. Pre WW2 Boeing built them for passenger use and our own Shorts and Saunders-Roe. There were so many airfields built in WW2 almost nobody needed aircraft that could land and take off on water !

[@SkyshipsEng]

Nowadays the flying boats are very specific planes with little demand. That's why just a few companies develop them. In fact, as I said, there are just nearly 15-20 Be-200 are created

[@baomao7243]

Ultimate houseboat !

[@milfshake6944]

Leave it to the Russians to create such a unique and purposeful Aircraft!

[@bobbybrown213]

this is the best aircraft ever made that ive come across it saves lives instead of taking them made in russia

[@afwalker1921]

Why do people assume the Russians are incapable? This thing is awesome! I want one!!!

[@jimdieseldawg3435]

Magnificent aircraft! Strong, versatile, capable and adaptable. Great video too - thank you for sharing, Sky 🤟🏼🙂

[@justforever96]

I love utilitarian workhorse planes, i love seaplanes, and i love interesting unique planes. So this pretty much ticks all boxes. Like like one of those super useful plants that is built in really small numbers, but somehow manages to be seen in service for decades and decades, doing hard, useful work but never getting any attention or credit. Like the Grumman Goose. Like 300 built, used for 50 years.

[@cheguevara3392]

There are some interesting clips from shows, regular landings and refilling of the tanks on YT, this plane is really agile, quick to refill and it doesn't need a long strip to land. It can land on rivers and even under not ideal conditions! The 2014 Sanctions were a setback in the development, but Russia has now own engines and they need the planes as soon as possible! The regular jets, helicopters and the rest of the equipment isn't enough with the new and bigger wildfires who are more regularly appearing, wide spread and in shorter cycles! This plane is a great workhorse and it has the potential to become the most important one of all! Big planes can't be landed or quickly filled everywhere, helicopters are not fast enough and the amount of water is also lower! This one is the golden middle! Check out the clips!

[@Epic_Routes]

The russians do know how to make proper machines that are practical in every sense... If it weren't for western propaganda, monopoly and greed these wuold be everywhere... We need these here in Canada, Our 415s and 102s couldn't this past summer!

[@furtado.g_]

This is one of the most unusual and cool aircrafts out there… it’s one of my dreams to see a Be-200 one day!

[@gelomik8425]

I hope you won't see this aircraft because there is a wildfire nearby. 😅

[@furtado.g_]

@@gelomik8425 of course, I want to see it while it’s out of duty lol

[@brokenspine66]

Wonderful Plane, I saw a life flight + fire fighting demonstration years ago at the ILA in Berlin. Outstanding.

[@erikziak1249]

Pretty interesting bird. Hopefully we will see a long and successful career in the coming decades.

[@AdamTrautmanBowling]

The DC-10 tanker is a beast. It flies over my house every summer fighting fires. Cool to see other countries takes on planes like this

[@ervandrush3116]

Good exotic plane. Glad Russians haven't lost the competence to create aircraft

[@williamhilbert8324]

Flying-floating beer barge I want one lol

[@daviddabo2682]

Most versatile bird out there!

[@TheCOZ]

I watched that entire mattress advertisement for you, Sky. ;)

[@mikejohnson5900]

Love the Russian Seaplanes, and their aircraft designs in general.

[@remi_gio]

Awesome aircraft! ✈️👍👏

[@georgobergfell]

Such a beautiful machine! I am currently building an RC model BE-200, with 2.2 meters wingspan, with a fully working water drop system. Fuselage and wings are mainly complete, but there is still a lot of detail work to do. This video really helped me with some details, since there are only few up close pictures of the BE 200 on the internet. Are you considering to make a video about its "predecessor" BE-12 too? That would be my next RC model build project! Greetings from Germany!

[@oadka]

Subscribed to your channel! Looking forward to your video about the rc be-200 Best wishes from a fellow aeromodeller in Germany!

[@frankgaleon5124]

Your little CL 215 is cutie)

[@oxcart4172]

You have a lot of skill! Really looking forward to seeing your Be-200 fly! Good luck!

[@bobbybrown213]

i would love to see your project when complete this is my favorite airplane please post a video someday

[@georgobergfell]

Unfortunately little happened since on the build (not nothing however), since I have been mostly studying in the mean time. I also lost a little bit of interest in building a russian plane, due to the known international complications. However I will continue the build in the summer this year, so stay tuned!

[@Posttrip]

This is a magnificent airplane. The only modern jet amphibian in the world. I find the Be-210 passenger transport of particular interest. At 72 seats it fits right into the current regional jet category. It stands at the ready should a niche operation seek to start with and utilize a modern regional jet aircraft. There were faint rumors that the now defunct ‘Chalk’s Airways’ was at least looking at the Be-210 in a possible future expansion role of the airlines route system. Tragically, seeing this plane in such an application is dormant for now.

[@disgruntledfaerie]

She's beautiful.

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

Thsnks for this content.....🛫🤓

[@petemulhearn7787]

Its a sort of multi tasking Land Rover of the Air.

[@craiglordable]

Thanks, I've always been interested in this remarkable airplane, and glad to learn more.

[@kevinwiltshire2217]

Awesome looking plane. Oh no the landing gears doesn't work...no worries let me find a lake.

[@burtbacarach5034]

I wouldn't like to be a fish sucked up into the planes tanks and dropped on a forest fire!Ouch! The B200 is an interesting aircraft,seemingly perfect for many roles.Great vid!

[@anthonyhunt701]

Sky, great video as always! Aside from the fantastic firefighting job the Be-200 did & rescue aircraft, but I hoped it’s airliner version had showed up lol! Flying to a lake resort ahhh…

[@DayanDose]

What a nice video of a very interesting subject!!! I like this plane since I got to know about it some years ago. Chers from Brazil!!!

[@mikeischangingplaces]

Great job as usual. Any chance you'll do a video on the C-130?

[@SkyshipsEng]

Yes, of course, it will be here

[@frk380]

Thanks 👍

[@gtr1952]

That is really interesting!! First time I've seen anything of it!! Cool!!

[@catallaxy]

Excellent video and beautiful airplane! I hope that this bird becomes successful, all around the world.

[@CMFL77]

Those main gear tires have seen better days! Yikes lol ....hopefully that bird is static and they weren't operating it like that. Great video as always Sky!

[@neillambton4065]

Great to see this plane in more detail. I built several gallies (kitchens) for the flight deck back in 2004-5. I`m always proud to see my work on screen, i can look at it and think "I built that". Just a shame there was`nt more footage of the crew stowage and galley, but you can`t please everybody all the time.

[@krissp8712]

Lmao, the Assassin's Creed reference got a chuckle out of me. Hopefully the Be-200 doesn't dive into any haystacks!

[@CRJ08]

Oh, I remember 2 or 3 years ago when I started to watch your channel, you're almost at 200 000 subscribers, I'm glad you're doing fine, greetings from Venezuela. 😃

[@TheElnots]

Hey that's pretty neat.

[@the_earlybirf1170]

Pretty good. Sky can you do a video on the Cessna 152-172

[@SkyshipsEng]

Oh, I have good material about the 172. maybe I'll create a video here

[@gehtdianschasau8372]

Thx for uploading. That wheels at 6:52 look really nasty. Are they really supposed to look like that? Also i imagine it being quite hard, to design a retractable landing-gear that is watertight, when the plane lands in the water. That is quite some force on the seals, when it impacts the surface. And it also has to be able to open up reliable and quickly. I love this plane, it looks a little boring, but it's actually extremely interesting, well done! Have a nice weekend everybody!

[@justforever96]

You don't seal the landing gear doors, you seal the inner bays, what we would call the wheel-well on an automobile. Then all you have to do is make sure the places where brake lines and other controls pass their though the fuselage are sealed up. It doesn't matter if a little water gets into the bay, and they need to be able to extend the wheels in the water so they can roll from the water onto land or from land into water. The hard part is keeping water out of the wheel bearings. I know with the Catalina they basically just had to routinely repack the grease in the wheel hubs, especially if operating in salt water.

[@COLINJELY]

On my bucket list to go for a flight in one. Have they ever come out to Australia?

[@craigywaigy4703]

This fantastic aircraft, that's of great civil use is the aviation equivalent of the Sputnik vaccine, both hampered by geopolitics and economic coercion/monpolisation! Great video! :)

[@Totxan23]

very relevant at this time, in times of fires in Europe! sanctions always hit Russia))))

[@JFrazer4303]

The wing-root fairings can also be called sponsors, such as normal planes will have for landing gear, and notably Dornier amphibs for that, fuel, and water handling. These are cleverly built to generate a little lift. In development of the Be-200, Beriev bought back from the Navy 4 Be-12 planes, to be rebuilt into the "-200" version to test things for developing the Be-200. They noted that after >20 years in navy service, there was very little or no excessive corrosion issues.

[@justforever96]

A sponson is typically an independent structure like a stub wing. These are integrated into the wing, so "fairing" would be a more typical term for them.

[@rodrigonogueiramota4433]

we need this plane in the amazon jungle in Brazil

[@stejer211]

I want one furnished as mobile home with a sundeck on top, thank you.

[@nmspy]

*AHOY! DROP THE ANCHOR!* Atc watching the runway get torn in half:

[@Wario512]

My absolute favorite aircraft, its my desktop wallpaper for years now!

[@arnabmit]

This could be a good platform for Indian CG SAR operations

[@RoodeMenon]

I saw a plane like this fighting California fires.

[@justforever96]

That was more likely a Canadair turboprop. Those are much more common in the US.

[@hananc]

Thanks. Love your videos and channel. I have "meta questions" about aircraft economy in the former Soviet Union. How did it work? Who made the decisions on what to develop and build? Who ordered the planes? Who financed the development and production and how? Was everything governmental? Did the design bureaus had some or any independence? Maybe you could make a video explaining this.

[@trash4cash454]

Good boat)

[@georgeseal8463]

A private company wanted to buy this seaplane and bring it to Chile to serve passenger flights to Juan Fernández Island (that has a very small and dangerous airfield, seriously limiting travel) and for firefighting (we have awfull wildfires). They even built a seaplane landind strip in Valparaíso. However Chile was hit with serious and continued political unrest that was followed by the pandemic, resulting in an economic crisis and political uncertainty. You also have to add the sanctions on Rusia that target their aerospace industry. I think we will never see the Beriev in Chile. There does not seem to be much political support either, so we probably won't get an alternative, like the Canadair either. The last seaplanes in Chile were the Canso firefighter variants of the Catalina. A real shame as the Island does not have space for a larger and safer airstrip and we will have wildfires for a long time, because of arsonists.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

It must have been a serious design challenge to make the aircraft stable and controllable with the engines placed so high on top. Perhaps the Be-200 has special flight control software to prevent a downward pitching at high thrust, much like that of the 737-max to counter the upwards pitching at high thrust. I take it that the wheel and strut assemblies gets fully submerged when the aircraft is operating on water. This would be another real challenge, to keep the water out of the struts tubes, various mechanical pivots, wheel bearings and brake mechanisms. Those items probably require extensive maintenance and frequent seal replacements.

[@justforever96]

You are wrong about the first part, they have been making sea planes with high mounted engines since they have been making sea planes, it's not a serious problem. At worst you have to adjust the trim a little when you change power settings to fly hands free. You are totally right and about the second part though. Maybe they have some new technology that makes it a little better but the Catalina amhibian was a kind of maintenance nightmare, and the wheel bearings had to be repacked every time you brought it on land.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

@@justforever96 That is some good info!!! I remember reading in a WWII book that mechanics hated working on the PBY Catalina while it was out at sea. Even with the precaution of slinging canvas hammocks below the work-area to catch for dropped tools or parts, often enough they would somehow find a way to end up on the ocean floor.

[@Anfidurl]

Also, can we have videos on the other Beriev planes one day?

[@FlavaFabez]

Welp, I know what I'm building in KSP Tonight.

[@kenmeri5832]

Fire fighting planes, for the bombardier that cant quite adapt to civilian life

[@SuperDave_BR549]

i wonder how it does in the artic? if you could attach skies to it, it would be a jack of all trades.

[@Anfidurl]

So glad to see an in depth on this bird. Always been interested in Beriev after seeing clips from Gidroaviasalon Apologies if I misspelt that.

[@anibalgrundman7838]

Por Favor traduzcan al Español. estoy presentando una propuesta en el Congreso Argentino para combatir incendios forestales basado en el BE 200 me seria muy útil este video en Español Abrazo Grande desde ARGENTINA

[@Pakicetus_]

Siempre puedes activar los subtitulos automáticos al español, no son perfectos pero tampoco tan malos. edit* de hecho estan muy bien ya que pronuncia muy bien las palabras lo da por resultado una buena traducción

[@Mauscmkwk]

Will you do it’s ansestors

[@maciek_k.cichon]

He he, Wrona's landing on 5:36

[@fishfish87gaming19]

great vid, clicked dislike accidentally sorry, clicked like now :)

[@alleycatvietnam]

@ 06:52 those main gear tires are not looking good.....

[@joaocastro924]

Hi Skyships Eng! I'm currently working on a report for manufacturing methods for coursework used for the Antonov An-12, if anyone has got any sources on this I'd really appreciate it as I'm struggling quite a bit to find info about this on the internet

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

I wish I could buy one....

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

I heard US Forestry wanted to order 8 but the US govt blocked it

[@seangibson1083]

Worlds biggest cargo plane an 225 and an 124

[@mbtenjoyer9487]

👍

[@pascalcoole2725]

If it only would be a twin turboprop, i'd want one for Xmas

[@peterwakeman9930]

Makes sense but how many non-Russian customers. I would like to fly one

[@frankgaleon5124]

I guess it's too expensive for just a firefighter role. Maybe only a few aircraft were exported, although in Europe they fly a lot during fires

[@skylem5373]

I would have love to see this plane made exclusively for firefighting and the design changes that would have made an all different bird

[@user-br9pn9np8i]

What happened with russian language channe? l

[@zahidulislam-qp8pc]

one of the aircraft crashed in turkey

[@cementeagle3596]

my favorite plane .. forgive my saying retracting the floats aft into the wings shadow with a small fairing ,would add 30 to 40 knots and 200 miles range... a removable fuel tank in the fuselage would add a lot of range making it very attractive as a personal versatile jet ....a fleet of 50 of these planes could bomb fires every 6 seconds if the water source was 20 miles away cooling off and exstinguishing almost any fire in almost any conditions very quickly saving billions annually . usa spends nearly a trillion every year to bomb and destroy other countries but cant spend just 5 billion one time to save americans lives and homes from the terror of wild fires.

[@justforever96]

Because the US doesn't use any firefighting aircraft? You have no idea what you are talking about. The US has hundreds of waterbombers operating, they spend hundreds of millions on them annually. They have huge DC10 and 747 and 737 and C-130 tankers, Canadair turboprops almost identical to these, helicopters, dozens of other types. I bet the US has more waterbombers than any other country, since they can afford them. And who is going to operate one is off these as a "private jet"? They are low and slow, and extremely expensive. They have no passenger accomodations, and you wouldn't be able to fit any if you installed a huge stinking, dangerous fuel tank into the cabin. What, someone is going to pay $30 million for a big slow amhibian that can only carry a couple pilots and maybe a handful of passengers in discomfort, and cost a huge amount of money to operate? The only reason to buy a plane this large is to carry passengers or cargo to make it worth the expense of buying and operating it, or so it can serve in some other specialty duty that will pay. If you just need a plane that you can fly around and which can land on water, you buy a small single engine float plane, and that is expensive enough. If you want to carry passengers and land on water you buy a Cessna Caravan, which costs $1.5 million itself. If you are super rich, you just buy a Gulfstream or something else fast and comfortable that has a cabin (or if you are really rich a 737). I don't think there are many billionaires you who need or want a huge, expensive private plane that they can land on water and that cost $50,000 per flight to operate. Do you have any conception of what it takes to fill the fuel tanks in a plane like this? It takes thousands of gallons of fuel. Why would you pay that when you can get a smaller cheaper plane that can get you where you are going for much less money and in more comfort? Who has a specific need to land in water that is worth millions of dollars for them?

[@cementeagle3596]

@@justforever96 what makes the be 200 and canadair superior to the dc 10, 747 etc is it is a seaplane water bomber. it can refill and bomb again much quicker. converted airliners must land and taxi park refill and then restart taxi and return to the fire. usually the airports equipped with the water and retardent are a long way from the fires making the frequency of bombing every hour at the quickest but usually longer ,around an hour and a half. the be 200 can drop every 10 minutes if there is a water source within 15 miles. most often there is a large enough body of water nearby . there are only 23 large air tankers in use in the usa , there are 10 canadair turboprops. if they were all be 200 water bombers they would be drowning these fires quickly with a drop every 20 seconds with a water source within 15 miles. the be 200 and canadair turboprop are the right tool for the job. converted airliners are an expensive waste of tax payer money. lets say your garden shed catches fire and you have a bucket to fight it with. you have a swimming pool full of water ten feet away. your going to have a good chance of putting out the fire. or you have no pool, ... you must run down the street and use a neighbors hose to refill your bucket your garden shed will burn to the ground. get a large gold plated bucket and your garden shed still burns to the ground. the government likes big gold plated buckets.

[@rhogaal]

1:34 Il-14 or Il-114? 😉

[@frankgaleon5124]

Yes, it's Il-114

[@SkyshipsEng]

Yes, Il-114. Got me)

[@giritharjeevasuba5206]

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