The 6th serial-production C919 (12th overall) with the registration number B-002E had a test flight today (likely pre-delivery test flight). Posted by @老王RR涡扇花动机 on Weibo.
COMAC C919
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drunkmunky
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Are we sure that the 6th air china chassis isn't the 6th original COMAC test chassis?
If we are then let this question rest but I was curious.
If we are then let this question rest but I was curious.
lcloo
Captain
Yes, we are very sure that it is not. By the way Air China haven't received any C919 yet.
The 6th original prototype has been in China Eastern service flights since May last year. It was the first C919 in service.
i think i talked about this when the February visit to Shanghai happened. This is definitely a good way for COMAC to expand market for C919. At minimum, they can putting MRO plants, local parts supplier plants in different countries
Main reason is that C919 is full of Western components that cannot be sold to Russia due to sanctions.
And for the moment C919 will be de westernized I think the production of MC21 will be in full capacity, although even in full capacity probably they would but some C919. They need something like 1000 aircraft for 2030.
To be honest I find strange their strategy, they are waiting for the MC21 and SuperJet (this is OK) but decided against mass producing soviet era aircraft. Apparently airlines were against soviet aircraft because they need 3 people in the cabin instead of 2.
It is kinda strange for me, I would say that is better to have planes with the overhead of one more person in the cabin rather than not to have aircraft, specially in a country as massive as Russia
in truth, in addition to the MC-21 and SJ-100, 115 TU-214s are also planned to be built and Aeroflot is discussing with the aircraft manufacturer to create a version with only 2 crew members.
Below is a diagram of the aircraft to be built until 2030
PS
ТВРС-44 / TVRS-44 is a project based on the LET-610, the rights to which were acquired by the Russians, it will be a regional aircraft for 44 seats.
Where it is written L410 / ЛМС-192, the first entry (L-410) are the Czech "Let" aircraft which were to be made in Russia with Western engines but the conflict everything stopped including production in Russia, while the second entry (ЛМС-192) is the new aircraft being built in cooperation with Russia and Belarus and will be a 19-seater aircraft powered by 2 Russian VK-800 turboprops
Thank you, thats an interesting table. Although they are delayed already for 1 year I think. They 6 theoretically prepared for 2024, seems to have been delayed to 2025
yes, all the plans and all are a little late, but we need to remember that "haste is a bad advisor" even more so when it comes to planes that will have to make commercial flights with passengers on board, planes for which, due to sanctions, almost everything has to be made domestically, so testing of all aircraft components must reach the required parameters and this can take longer than previously calculated.
However, even if there are delays and a shift forward in the delivery date to airlines, for example for MS-21, the factory is continuing to build a reserve of partially completed aircraft with components that have already completed testing, aircraft then parked which will then be quickly completed as soon as the remaining components have received the OK
here are some images of the MS-21s in various stages of assembly.
here another five MS-21s parked, with the carts already installed
I apologize to all users for going off topic, it was just to answer some questions
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