The new regional aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal" is capable of staying in the air for up to 8 hours. This was announced by test pilot of the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) Alexey Yazyinin.
The flight duration of the aircraft is 8 hours. Spending them in a cabin that is uncomfortable is very bad.
Yazyinin is the one who takes the "Baikal" into the air at all tests. The second version of the LMS-901 with the domestic VK-800 engine was assembled taking into account his personal comments.
The simpler the system, the less likely it is to fail. A simple plane. There's nothing to break, so to speak.
As a reminder, the maximum range of the "Baikal" aircraft is up to 3000 km with additional tanks at a cruising speed of up to 300 km/h. For example, a flight from Moscow to Irkutsk or Ulan-Ude will take an average of 5.5–6 hours.
According to UZGA's idea, the LMS-901 project will replace the outdated An-2 on the lines. Designer Alexander Silin emphasized that the "Baikal" is superior to Soviet machines in terms of fuel efficiency and speed.
At the end of February, the fifth prototype of the "Baikal" successfully made its first test flight at the airfield in the Sverdlovsk region.