TEI's aviation engines will be tested at high altitude in Eastern Anatolia with new mobile unit
Eskişehir-based TAI Engine Industries Inc. (TEI) has developed a mobile engine test unit that allows testing of aviation engines under different altitude conditions.
TEI's 8-meter-wide, 14-meter-long engine test rig can be installed in a day thanks to its modular structure.
TEI General Manager Prof. Dr. Mahmut Faruk Akşit told AA correspondent that engine test rigs are systems where the engine can be connected and all its features can be tested.
Explaining that with the increase in engine power, huge buildings and large systems are required for their tests, Akşit said, "One of the biggest challenges here is to be able to test the engine in high-altitude conditions without attaching it to a real airplane and bringing it to the sky. It needs to be tested under different conditions so that we can be sure of the engine's behavior and that it can fly smoothly even under the worst conditions in flight."
"The entire design belongs to TEI"
Mahmut Faruk Akşit stated that TEI, relying on their engineering, divided the entire engine test rig into modular parts that can be loaded onto trucks, and said:
"We have developed a completely modular engine test rig by dividing it into 3-4 containers. The entire design belongs to TEI. We are looking at our high-altitude mountains in eastern Turkey. For example, it could be Mount Ararat. When you take the mobile engine test rig we have developed to Mount Ararat and test it by setting it up, you are actually testing at 17,000 to 20,000 feet. This is very close to real flight conditions. If nothing goes wrong, we will conduct our first tests in the high places of the Eastern Anatolia Region this year."
