PD-14

SkyExpert: Engine unification can simplify maintenance, but will require design rework and new tests

The project author calculated two hypothetical modifications for long-haul routes with about 80% commonality and a wingspan of up to 45 meters

CAT proposes reducing repeated testing of components made from the same material

Test pilot Andrey Voropaev: the Soviet engine would not have suited the airliner without losing its characteristics

The center already uses additive technologies in PD-8, PD-14, and PD-35, and now it has demonstrated a way to combine different plastic properties in one part

Oleg Smirnov: liners must be provided with the necessary volume of PD-14 engines

Irkutsk Aviation Plant test pilot compared his impressions of the new airliner with his experience flying combat aircraft

Oleg Smirnov explained why it's not enough to just assemble the aircraft quickly

Nikolay Fonurin: Domestic equipment had to be re-integrated and configured within the airliner

The power plants were delivered to the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, while the second production liner is undergoing ground tests

Six compositions showed low thermal conductivity, high temperature stability, and radiation resistance

The new engine for SJ-100 inherited solid wide-chord titanium, not capricious French patterns

During horizontal assembly, long rotating elements experience stress from their own weight