SSJ100 in Zhukovsky

April 1, 2009 - Two aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100 No.95001 and No.95003 were flown from Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Novosibirsk – Zhukovsky and successfully delivered to the M.M. Gromov Flight Research Centre in Zhukovsky. Both planes will continue the certification flight test program at the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) flight test center, which is furnished with a full set of test equipment and software packages required for flight data processing.

The aircraft delivery to the Flight Research Centre in Zhukovsky is expected to accelerate the certification test program due to better efficiency of data processing and interaction with the Certification authorities.

“The schedule of the SSJ100 certification tests is truly tough”, said Igor Vinogradov, First Vice-President on Program Coordination, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft. “Within a limited time frame two test aircraft have completed more than 130 flights totaling more than 400 hours in the air. Such long flying time is provided also due to Komsomolsk-on-Amur weather conditions optimal for the initial stage of tests and enabled to avoid the aircraft downtime.”

As of today the flutter safety tests as well as the first stage of the tests on high angles of attack and stall control have been completed. Both aircraft demonstrated the flutter margin within a whole range of operating altitudes and speeds. The flight control system was checked at standby and normal modes of the remote control system.

“The aircraft stability and control testing show good results. The overall test program, including static tests at the Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), already at this stage eliminated the redesign risks”, said Viktor Soubbotin, President of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, summing up the results of the tests in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. “Expansion of the SSJ100 operating limits will make further tests within all approved ranges of altitudes and speeds possible”.

Alexander Yablontsev, Chief Pilot of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, commented the flights from Komsomolsk-on-Amur through Novosibirsk to Zhukovsky saying that the flight with each leg being of 3,500 km, provided “the first appraisals of the aircraft operational capability under conditions maximally approximated to the normal conditions, i.e. of a real regional flight”. “Both Sukhoi Superjet 100s are good aircraft”, said Mr. Yablontsev, “Their engines and systems operated smoothly and in normal mode, and the aircraft is easy to control even for an ordinary airline pilot.”

In the short run both aircraft will continue certification flights within the tests to confirm the flight performance.

Photos of the aircraft flight from Komsomolsk-on-Amur you can see in our Gallery.

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