The production center of Yakovlev PJSC in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is accelerating the testing program of the SJ-100 aircraft with PD-8 engines. This was announced by Alexander Dolotovsky, Deputy General Director of Yakovlev PJSC – Director of the Superjet program.
According to him, the aircraft will begin flying under the certification testing program specifically for the installation of the PD-8 engine.
Thus, by connecting a total of three experimental aircraft to the testing program, we are significantly compressing this program in terms of time, and we plan to complete the certification ground and flight tests by the end of this year in order to obtain approval. And having received approval of the main change, proceed to the delivery of serial aircraft to our customers.
A total of three aircraft will participate in the tests: one with Russian systems but with a foreign engine, the second – re-engined for PD-8 engines, but still with standard systems, and the third – a completely Russian aircraft.
Dolotovsky added that the tests on the aircraft with PD-8 include checking the integration of the new power plant with the aircraft systems both during normal engine operation and in situations of various failures.
The program also includes more than 50 flights, and will also require a significant amount of ground testing.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that the new SJ-100 aircraft became completely Russian, receiving 100% domestic components.
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