The flight lasted 75 minutes
According to the UAC (United Aircraft Corporation) and the press service of Rostec, the second flight of the Russian import-substituting SJ-100 aircraft has just been completed in Komsomolsk-on-Amur under the factory development test program.
The aircraft made its first flight on August 29, 2023. It lasted 54 minutes, the height was up to 3 thousand meters. The second flight lasted for 75 minutes and took place at altitudes up to 6000 meters.
The imported Superjet SJ-100 made its second flight
Rostec said:
During the flight, the crew retracted the landing gear, checked the operation of the air conditioning and automatic pressure control systems in the cabin, as well as the operation of the anti-icing system of the engine air intakes and the operation of the fuel system in the cross-feed mode with the pumps on and off. During the landing, an automatic braking system was tested with the release of air brakes.
A prototype of the short-haul aircraft SJ-100 was manufactured by the production center of PJSC Yakovlev (part of Rostec). As Rostec said earlier, in total, about 40 systems and units were replaced on the import-independent Superjet.
To speed up the test program, the prototype uses Franco-Russian SaM146 engines. The second prototype will soon begin a flight test program with domestic PD-8 engines, which are currently undergoing a series of bench tests and flight tests as part of the Il-76LL flying laboratory.
