Russian Civil Aviation: News #2

Random American smartass wrote:Russia AND China BOTH have had limited experience doing things the 'Capitalist's' way, they have not yet learned that the lowest price is NOT always the best value. Is there ANY price you can put on your life? I'd climb on a CSeries in a heartbeat without hesitation, before any Russian A/C rushed to market.

Some dipshit wrote:The plane is ugly. Airlines don't want a ugly plane.
On a side note, why do we need this? We will have the A320neo family, Boeing has the 737max, and Embraer is reworking their E-jet family. Why should we need this?

retard wrote:okay no offense to russian people but i honestly dont like russian made aircraft idk they just look a little cheap or dodgy compared to boeing airbus bombardier and embraer sorry but in my opinion this aircraft doesnt have the looks and looks untrustworthy

JohninMK wrote:They don't doubt Russia's ability to make them, just their ability to sell them.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-can-russia-make-the-mc-21-a-sales-success-437836/

kvs wrote:

KiloGolf wrote:The amount of trash talking crap I've read about MS-21 on aviation social media is unbelievable. The plane is on to a winner, it's a beauty, the engines are awesome and the whole design is a huge step forward from A321 or Boeing 757 (the latter long discontinued production).

These people are not aviation fans they are politically brainwashed drama queens

One sexy ass plane that, with design attributes (e.g. tall landing gear) that can allow for even larger engines to be installed in future (737's problem). Ergo you got proper room for growth as the design can take it.

The trash talking indicates deep seated insecurity and de facto acknowledgement of the market threat posed by the MS-21.  
Given the obvious characteristics of the MS-21 (including its wider interior) if it was not a serious competitor all these gerbils
would not be squeaking so much.

Compared with the American PD-14 engine is a turbofan engine with a bypass ratio of 8.5 (at 12 PW1400G stated). According to the CEO of the Permian enterprise "Aircraft Engine" Alexander Inozemetsva, which is responsible for the development of the engine, the fan technology with gear "is a very advanced technology", and its indicators are very promising for the engine such dimension. PD-14 parameters were selected based on the task of achieving the lowest operating costs.

The gas generator consists of eight stages of the compressor and a compression ratio of 17, ramjet combustion chamber and a two-stage turbine. Key technologies PD-14 - use of wide hollow blades of titanium. The same blade used in the six stages of low pressure turbine. Hollow blades can reduce the weight of 500 kg, compared with the conventional blades, and the total engine weight is 3.8 tons. Engine-plant in Ufa (UMPO) has developed a proprietary technology that is patented and allows to produce blades. According to Alexander Inozemetseva, PW1400G engine, fuel consumption will be 1% higher, but due to its weight and its more modest dimensions under the wing of the MS-21, our engine will be 0.5-0.7% better.

The dimensions of the gas generator are selected based on the idea of developing the engine family. In the future, based on PD-14 the whole gamut of the engine thrust will be developed from 9 to 18 tons. Cold part PD-14 consists of a combustion chamber, a high-pressure three-stage compressor and low pressure turbine with six stages. Nacelle is short and consists of composite materials by 65%. October 30, 2015 the prototype PD-14 began flight tests on a flying laboratory IL-76LL. PD-14 should be installed on the first MS-21-300, which will begin flight tests at the end of June 2018. First modification of MS-21-300 on the seat 163 (a two-class layout) has received the most orders, and by the developed first. Then it will be developed on a shortened version of the 5.5 meter MS-21-200, which will be designed for 132 passengers. Today it is all available versions of the aircraft, which offers "Irkut". The final decision with regard to MS-21-400 modifications in the near future will not be accepted. The "Irkut" working on this marketing department.