Need to prepare regional runways
Serial production of the Russian short-haul aircraft SJ-100 will begin no earlier than 2024, as stated by Viktor Gorbachev, General Director of the Airport Civil Aviation Association. According to him, pre-flight tests will be carried out before the end of this year.
Until the end of the year, the aircraft will be “flying around”, it can go into production only from next year. This is a car that flies two to three thousand kilometers. The delivery will begin piecemeal, they will not be able to immediately put 100-200 cars on the wing. It takes about 700 cars to replace the entire fleet normally. Well, two cars will be given to the company, well, three … Those who fly on used cars will raise their hands. At the same time, maybe someone from friendly countries will want to buy SJ-100.
Viktor Gorbachev
Until the end of the year, the aircraft will be flying around possible problems of the SJ-100 are named
He added that before mass production of the SJ-100, it is necessary to prepare regional runways (runways) so that the story of the Russian MS-21 aircraft, which needs a runway of at least 2.8 km, does not repeat itself, and such not so much in the regions.
In addition to the fact that the car is being produced, you need to set up all the suppliers, who will “cram” the components there? This is about a hundred of all sorts of plants, factories and workshops. In addition, we must switch from GPS to GLONASS, which means that we need to launch a dozen and a half satellites. You also need to understand what lane will be needed for this new car, respected designers do not tell us anything. For example, the MS-21 aircraft needs a runway of at least 2.8 kilometers, and we do not have so many such runways, especially in Siberia. Where will he sit?
Viktor Gorbachev
Earlier it was reported that the aircraft with Franco-Russian SaM146 engines and 40 replaced systems and units spent about an hour in the air.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov congratulated the aircraft manufacturers on the first flight of the imported SJ-100, but added that the work was not completed, since the aircraft had not yet received Russian engines .
