At the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec) work is underway to assemble a set of passenger aircraft MC-21.
Specialists of workshop 205 are engaged in three main fuselage sections — F1, F2 and F4A, upon completion of the work, the units will be sent to a specialized workshop for painting, and then — for final assembly.
Section F2 is at the initial stage of assembly. Now in workshop 205 they are riveting the longitudinal joint of sections 2 and 3. Further, according to the technological cycle, the following stages are – installation of fasteners on the floor grid, laying of section 1, performing positioning, riveting of longitudinal joints of section 1 with sections 2 and 3, installation of an emergency door opening and, in parallel, installation of luggage compartment parts.
At the end, section F2 will be sent for further assembly and docking with other elements of the MC-21 fuselage structure. Section F1 is also being assembled in workshop 205. All three of its sections have already been laid in the general assembly slipway. In three weeks, this unit will be prepared for transfer to workshop 208, where preparation, painting and drying of aircraft parts and assemblies are carried out.
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