In the video, the airliner performs high-speed runs with the front landing gear lifting off
We have already written that in the Moscow region at the airfield of the Lukhovitsky Aviation Plant named after. P.A. Voronin began testing a prototype of the new Il-114-300 passenger aircraft, and now a video has appeared demonstrating the process.
In the video below, the plane performs high-speed runs with the front landing gear lifting off. According to Avia Comments, such tests are preparatory before the first flight. If the normal operation of all systems is confirmed, and the behavior and controllability of the aircraft correspond to the expected, then after processing the data, a Conclusion for the first flight will be issued.
It is important to note that the video shows a completely new copy of the Il-114-300, assembled in Lukhovitsy: before this test, the prototype Il-114-300, created on the basis of the Il-114-100 previously produced in Tashkent, was tested .
Currently in Russia there is a shortage of mainline airliners, but the situation with regional airliners is no better (and maybe even worse). So the country needs the serial Il-114-300 no less than the serial SJ-100. Il-114-300 is capable of carrying up to 68 passengers. Flight range — 1400 km (with maximum number of passengers) or 5000 km (with maximum fuel capacity).