Sukhoi Superjet 100, ready for certification, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft - «Гражданские самолеты Сухого»
Release Date: 2008-10-24
With over 40 flights, and more than 100 flight hours completed, the first of the planes of the Sukhoi Superjet100 family can now begin the certification process. During factory flights the flagship Russian regional plane gained a maximum flight altitude of 11,300 meters at the speed of 0.7 Max.
The Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee (ARIAC) concluded its technical review of the factory flight tests. These tests proved that all aircraft systems are able to work smoothly and efficiently at all design modes within a total range of flying speeds, altitudes, angles and balances. This stage estimated flight and technical performance of the aircraft as well as its aerodynamic characteristics, including takeoff/landing performance, and a climb rate.
The results, obtained through aerodynamic wind tunnel and bench tests as well as simulation, confirmed the expected level of static, aerodynamic, flight, technical, takeoff & landing performance as well as the fuel consumption rate per hour. During Sukhoi Superjet 100’s presentation at Khabarovsk, AR IAC awarded the first flying aircraft with the Experimental Certificate and the authorization needed to enter the first stage of the certification tests.
The first stage of the certification campaign will involve tests on high angles of attack to determine aircraft’s stall parameters and to attest the piloting safety initially implemented within the flight control system at the development stage. In the future this is expected to greatly contribute to flight safety in Russia. The aircraft will undergo flight certification tests targeted to confirm flight and technical performance, takeoff and landing characteristics, stability and controllability, as well as the aircraft strength characteristics and flutter safety. In the course of preparing the high angles of attack flight test campaign, two flights had already been performed by Mikhail Torokhov, a test pilot of the State Research Institute of Civil Aviation. Certification flight test campaign will be performed by 10 test pilots altogether. The Russian type certificate is expected to be obtained by the 2H09 with deliveries to begin late 2009.
SSJ100No95003 – the second aircraft of the SSJ100 family – has also undergone a whole series of system development tests and is now ready for frequency tests. The SSJ100№95003 aircraft is ready to have the engines mounted.
As scheduled, the second test flying aircraft will be introduced into the flight test campaign by the end of November 2008.
The third and the fourth test aircraft are at system installation stage. The sixth in succession Sukhoi Superjet 100 designed for aircraft endurance tests is now at the final assembly shop and by the end of October 2008 will be transferred to the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation located in the city of Novosibirsk.
Regarding production of commercial planes, all manufacturing sites – KnAAPO, NAPO, and VASO – are working round the clock to make parts for the first four commercial aircraft. The first of the commercial planes, which is the seventh in succession of the SSJ100 family, is currently undergoing the assembly of panels, fuselage sections, outer wing and pylons.
SOURCE: SUKHOI SUPERJET 100
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | Sukhoi Civil Aircraft - «Гражданские самолеты Сухого» |
| Country: | Russian Federation |