The first flight of MS 21 is scheduled. The new Russian passenger airliner made its first test flight. Latest Russian technologies

On May 28, the new Russian narrow-body aircraft MS-21 made its first flight at the IAZ airfield in Irkutsk.

The flight duration was 30 minutes, it took place at an altitude of 1000 meters at a speed of 300 km/h. The flight plan included checking the aircraft for stability and controllability, as well as engine controllability. In accordance with the program, during the flight a simulated approach was performed, followed by a pass over the runway, a climb and a turn. This technique is typical for the first flight of new types of aircraft.

President of PJSC Irkut Corporation Oleg Demchenko said: “Today is a historic day for our team and the entire large team working on the creation of MS-21. We have invested in our aircraft the most advanced technical solutions that will provide increased comfort for passengers and attractive economic characteristics for airlines. And today I am happy to announce that the first flight of the MS-21 was successful! Congratulations to all program participants on our common holiday!”

President of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar emphasized: “MS-21 was created in broad cooperation, where, along with Irkut, other UAC enterprises are actively involved: AeroComposite, Ulyanovsk and Voronezh aircraft plants, UAC Integration Center. This is an important stage in the formation of a new industrial model of the UAC. According to our estimates, in the next 20 years, global demand in the MC-21 segment will be about 15,000 new aircraft. I am sure that airlines will highly appreciate our new aircraft. This is not just the flight of a new aircraft, this is the appearance of a new product that will determine the shape of the Russian civil aircraft industry for the next 50 years.”

The plane was piloted by a crew consisting of test pilot, Hero of Russia Oleg Kononenko and test pilot, Hero of Russia Roman Taskaev / Photo (c) Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Oleg Kononenko stated: “The flight mission was completed in full. The flight went as usual. “No comments were identified that would prevent the continuation of testing.”

Roman Taskaev noted: “The characteristics and operating modes of the engines were confirmed, all aircraft systems worked without failures.”

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin informed the head of state about the successful first flight of the MS-21.

“Vladimir Putin congratulated the President of the Irkut Corporation, General Director - General Designer of the OKB im. A. S. Yakovlev" Oleg Demchenko, the team of the manufacturing enterprise and all industry workers with this significant event," noted the press service of the President of the Russian Federation.

First flight, full version, provided (with) Irkut Corporation:

First flight, amateur filming:

Photo (c) Andrey Zakharchenko (http://russianplanes.net/id210232)

On May 28, the first flight of the new Russian passenger aircraft MS-21-300 (“Long-Range Aircraft of the 21st Century”) took place at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. This is the first airliner made entirely according to Western standards, taking into account global trends and real market demand. Created without a Soviet foundation, it is the second largest Russian project in the field of civil aviation.

Dmitry Medvedev:“The MS-21 is superior in its technological level to those civilian ships that are currently flying. I’m sure it will be a good car, economical and reliable.”

Creating a liner

Development is carried out by JSC Experimental Design Bureau named after. A.S. Yakovlev" and PJSC "Irkut Corporation" (part of the United Aircraft Corporation, UAC). Based on the unrealized Yak-242 project in the late 1980s. In 2014, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin stated that the production vehicles of the MS-21 project would be called Yak-242.

In 2014, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin stated that the production vehicles of the MS-21 project would be called Yak-242. However, in 2015 it was announced that the aircraft would not receive the designation Yak-242, and would remain the MS-21. First of all, this was due to promotion on the world market: the reputation will grow along with the new aircraft.

Rogozin has repeatedly stated the maximum concentration of efforts and coordinated interaction between the UAC and the United Engine Corporation (UEC) in the creation of the MS-21 aircraft. In his opinion, without this it is impossible to create a competitive product, given that most of the MS-21’s components, including its engine, are completely new developments.

Rogozin emphasized that, despite the presence of another new aircraft, the SSJ-100 (the first flight was carried out in 2008, in operation since 2011), the MS-21 developers have a huge responsibility.

Dmitry Rogozin:“Everything here is new and a lot is domestic, and since everything is new, you and I perfectly understand how it all should be adapted to each other, from the black composite wing to the avionics.”

On June 8, 2016, at the ceremony of rolling out the new aircraft, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev assured that Russia would not disappear from the “major league” of the world aircraft industry.

Dmitry Medvedev:“New projects in the aircraft industry, for obvious reasons, are not cheap at all. In general, there are very few countries where aircraft manufacturing is developed. This is called the “major league”. And under no circumstances should we disappear from this “major league.”

He emphasized that Russia is capable of creating aircraft that compete with foreign manufacturers. “The current event confirms that we are capable of creating such machines that will advance our aircraft industry and will compete with other aircraft,” the prime minister said.

Economical, technologically advanced, domestic

Two modifications of the aircraft with a standard two-class layout have been developed: the basic MS-21-300 (163-211 seats) and a shortened version - MS-21-200 (132-165 seats). Certification of the latter is scheduled for 2019-2020.

For each modification, there are versions with normal (3500 km) and increased (5000 km) range. In the future, long-range versions (up to 7000 km) may appear.

The MS-21 aircraft differs from the SSJ-100 in its increased flight range (maximum 4578 km versus 6400 km) and a larger number of seats. The SSJ-100 can accommodate a maximum of 108 passenger seats, and the MS-21 can accommodate up to 211 seats.

The MC-21 will have the highest level of comfort for passengers due to the increased width of the passenger compartment. The increased diameter of the fuselage (4.06 m) provides an increase in the capacity of luggage racks in the passenger compartment and luggage compartments located under its floor.

According to the Wings of the Motherland magazine, the MC-21 has about 27 inches of fuselage cross-section per passenger seat (the Airbus A330 has 25 inches, only 24 inches). The width of the passenger seat has been increased to 18 inches (for the A330 - 17), and the aisle between the seats has been increased to 22.5. This is much more than competitors. Passengers will be able to sit more comfortably on long flights and will be able to move freely around the cabin. In addition, the time for boarding and disembarking passengers is reduced (about 30% better than similar aircraft).

The MS-21 passenger cabin will also receive a new air conditioning system, which should have a beneficial effect on the well-being of passengers. It is also planned to use three-season temperature control for convenience.

The first copies of the MC-21 will be equipped with an imported Pratt & Whitney engine, and in the future the engine will be replaced by the domestic PD-14.

This is the basic civil engine of a new generation, which is being created by a wide cooperation of UEC enterprises for the MS-21 airliner. Based on the unified compact gas generator PD-14, it is possible to create a whole family of engines with a thrust of 9-18 tons, intended for short- and medium-haul aircraft, helicopters and industrial gas turbine units. The development of the PD-14 belongs to the Aviadvigatel design bureau, the main manufacturer is the Perm Motor Plant.

As experts note, with characteristics comparable to the American engine, the PD-14 engine will also become the founder of a whole line of aircraft engines. Its more powerful modifications based on a gas generator, but with a gear fan (PD-18R) will be used on the Tu-214, Il-96-300 and Il-96-400T. A lower power version of the PD-10 engine is used on SSJ-100 aircraft.

Another advantage. For the first time in the domestic aircraft industry, composite materials are widely used in the design of an airliner - about 40%. The use of carbon fiber reinforced plastics has made it possible to increase the wing span, and composites are also used in the tail of aircraft. The future advanced long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) is being designed taking into account the experience of creating the MS-21.

Another innovation of the MS-21, according to the specialized aviation publication “Wings of the Motherland,” is a special system for reducing and managing loads. It is expected that by reducing the weight of the aircraft's structure, combined with its high thrust-to-weight ratio, it will reduce the MC-21's takeoff run by almost 300 m, as well as increase its service ceiling by almost 600 m compared to the newest analogues from Airbus and Boeing.

The MC-21 cockpit was created taking into account the most modern requirements for its ergonomics, which should simplify piloting the vehicle and reduce the load on the crew.
The Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET) developed more than 70% of the MS-21 avionics, and actively used the principle of modular electronics.

First prototype

The assembly of the MS-21-300 prototype, equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines, was completed at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant on June 6, 2016, the official presentation (the first rollout from the workshop) took place on June 8, 2016.

Flight tests of the prototype, originally scheduled for the second quarter of 2016, were postponed to 2017. Obtaining a Russian type certificate and the first delivery of MC-21-300 aircraft to the customer are planned for the end of 2018.

On April 28, the first flight prototype left the final assembly shop in preparation for its first flight. On May 15, at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the MC-21-300-0001 aircraft performed taxiing, various aircraft systems were also tested, and ground launches of the main and auxiliary power units were practiced. As Irkut noted, all preparations took place in accordance with the approved schedule.

Orders for the liner

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the package of advanced orders for the new MS-21 amounts to 185 vehicles. At the moment, the order portfolio is 285 aircraft.

The first operator will be Aeroflot. It is planned that it will receive the first aircraft in the configuration for 175 seats in the fourth quarter of 2018. In total, the airline's fleet will operate 50 MS-21s. The leasing company Aviacapital-Service will finance the supply. A firm supply contract was signed in 2011. Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Savelyev stated that deliveries of the first three aircraft are expected in 2019.

In 2015-2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and UAC top managers reported that Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Iran and a number of other countries were showing interest in the aircraft. However, not a single firm contract for the supply of MS-21 abroad is known yet. There is only a preliminary agreement for the supply of 10 aircraft (4 of them are optional) with the Egyptian Cairo Aviation. The catalog price of MS-21 is from $85 million.

In February, the Vedomosti newspaper reported that the airline would become one of the largest customers for the aircraft. “Red Wings have a preliminary agreement with the leasing company Ilyushin Finance Co. to lease 10 MS-21s. If the operation of MS-21 is effective, then their number can be increased to 15-16″, the head of the leasing company Alexander Rubtsov told the publication.

According to him, when MC-21s begin to arrive in 2019, they will gradually replace Airbus and Tu airlines in their fleet. Currently, the Red Wings fleet has seven Tu-204 and Tu-214 aircraft.
Time will tell to what extent all these plans will be implemented, but we can already say with confidence that this is a landmark and significant order for the Russian aircraft manufacturer.

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MS-21 “took wing”

A big and important transport event: the new civil airliner MS-21 made its first test flight in Irkutsk this morning. For a new aircraft, this is called “getting on the wing.”

Information about MS-21

[…]...initially the first flight of the MS-21 was scheduled for December 2016, then Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that the date had been postponed to April, and in early May, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov announced that the MS-21 would take off at the end of the month . […] The Irkutsk Aviation Plant is preparing two more aircraft of this model for testing. The airliner must undergo flight tests, then certification. After this, serial production of this model will begin. To date, airlines have confirmed pre-orders for 185 MS-21 aircraft of various modifications.

The MS-21 mainline aircraft is a Russian aircraft designed to transport passengers and cargo throughout Russia and on international airlines. The MC-21 is targeting the same commercial niche as Boeing and Airbus. At the same time, it has the widest fuselage in the class of medium-haul aircraft, which significantly increases the comfort of transportation. The length of the MS-21-200 aircraft is 33.8 meters, while the MS-21-300 reaches a length of 42.3 meters. The fuselage width in both configurations is 4.06 meters.

Official release:

On May 28, 2017, at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of PJSC Irkut Corporation (part of the UAC), the first flight of the new MS-21-300 passenger aircraft took place.

The flight duration was 30 minutes, it took place at an altitude of 1000 meters at a speed of 300 km/h.
The flight plan included checking the aircraft for stability and controllability, as well as engine control. In accordance with the program, during the flight a simulated approach was carried out, followed by a pass over the runway, a climb and a turn. This technique is typical for the first flight of new types of aircraft.
The aircraft was piloted by a crew consisting of test pilot, Hero of Russia Oleg Kononenko and test pilot, Hero of Russia Roman Taskaev.

Oleg Kononenko said: “The flight mission was completed in full. The flight went as usual. “No comments were identified that would prevent the continuation of testing.” Roman Taskaev noted: “The characteristics and operating modes of the engines were confirmed, all aircraft systems worked without failures.”

Main characteristics of the MS-21-300 aircraft:

Capacity in a two-class layout: 163 seats (16 business + 147 economy)
Capacity in a dense arrangement of 211 seats
Maximum take-off weight 79,250 kg
Maximum payload 22,600 kg
Maximum flight range 6,000 km
Main Dimensions
Aircraft length 42.2 m
Wingspan 35.9 m
Height 11.5 m
LJ: periskop

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TsAGI continues to prepare the aircraft airframe for static tests, but due to a shortage of some structural elements, it cannot yet fully assemble the MS-21 airframe, reports the online publication Zhukovskiye Vesti.

The MS-21 fuselage (without the APU compartment) was delivered to TsAGI on August 17 of this year. According to the press service of the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP, at the beginning of October, the AeroComposite - Ulyanovsk enterprise completed the production of composite units of the MS-21 tail unit: stabilizer console, fin fragment, stabilizer caisson. These structural elements of the airliner are going to be sent from Ulyanovsk to Zhukovsky by road before October 25.

The assembly of the airframe of a promising short-medium-haul aircraft should be carried out by specialists from the Irkut Corporation together with employees of enterprises - participants in the cooperation of the MS-21 aircraft project and TsAGI employees.

The resulting production delays may lead to another postponement of the start of static tests of the vehicle and, accordingly, to a shift to the right in the timing of the first flight of the first prototype MS-21-300.

The exact date of the first flight has not yet been announced, but the conversation is approximately March-April 2017. According to unofficial information, static tests of the MS-21 airframe at TsAGI should begin before the end of December this year.

MS-21 fuselage in the TsAGI statistical testing hall / Photo (from) TsAGI press service

During static tests, the ability of the MS-21 airframe structure to withstand applied design loads is tested without collapsing or receiving unacceptable residual deformations.

Later that day The Aviastar-SP press service reported that work has been completed on the manufacture of fuselage panels for the F5 compartment and a set of doors for the third MS-21 aircraft. The main batch of units was sent to the Irkutsk Aviation Plant for further assembly.

Production of sets of fuselage panels for compartments F1 and F2 and doors for the fourth vehicle has begun. The assembly of the door frames is almost complete, preparations are underway for the installation of kinematics. The production of units for the fifth aircraft kit is being prepared.

In addition, the MS-21 assembly shop has completed the production of the MS-21 tail units, which were mentioned above. The finished units were sent to Zhukovsky for mating with the fuselage and conducting static tests. Thus, hope remains that the first flight of the MS-21 will take place, as planned, no later than February next year.

Added:

November 9, 2016
President of the Irkut Corporation Oleg Demchenko reported on the preparation of the MS-21 for the first flight, Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.

First flight of MS-21

The promising Russian passenger aircraft MS-21-300 made its first flight on May 28, 2017. This is stated in the press release of the Irkut Corporation, received by the N+1 editorial office. The flight duration of the narrow-body passenger aircraft was 30 minutes. The plane rose to a height of thousands of meters and reached a speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

Flight tests allow you to check all the characteristics of a new aircraft and compare them with the parameters calculated by the designers. During flight tests, specialists usually test aircraft equipment not only under normal conditions, but also at some critical flight conditions.


First flight of MS-21


First flight of MS-21


First flight of MS-21

During the first flight of the MC-21, test pilots checked the stability and controllability of the airliner and the stability of its engines. During the flight, a simulated approach was carried out with a pass over the runway and subsequent climb and turn.

During the first flight, the aircraft was piloted by test pilots Heroes of Russia Oleg Kononenko and Roman Taskaev. According to them, all MS-21 systems operated as normal during the flight and the flight test program can be continued.

MS-21 has been created since the first half of the 2000s. Depending on the configuration, the liner will be able to carry from 150 to 210 passengers. Its flight range will be six thousand kilometers, and its flight speed will be about 870 kilometers per hour. One of the MS-21 configurations will receive new PD-14 engines, the first new Russian power plants in almost 30 years.


The aircraft has the widest fuselage in its class. Its width is 4.06 meters. The length of the MS-21 is 42.2 meters, the wingspan is 35.9 meters, and the height is 11.5 meters. The maximum take-off weight of the aircraft is 79.3 tons with a maximum payload weight of 22.6 tons.

MC-21 is the world's first narrow-body passenger aircraft with a wing made of composite materials. You can read about how the MS-21 composite wing, made of carbon fiber and a polymer binder, is made.

Taxi tests of the MS-21 airliner have been carried out since mid-May of this year at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. Specialists checked all on-board systems of the aircraft and practiced ground launches of the main engines and auxiliary power unit.

Vasily Sychev

 

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