The long-awaited Il-114-300 will soon go into production: the fuselage production line is ready
The United Aircraft Corporation is preparing to launch serial production of regional passenger aircraft Il-114-300. At the facilities of the Il-Aviastar enterprise, the installation of an assembly line for the continuous assembly of fuselage panels of these airliners is being completed.
According to UAC, the production of components for future aircraft will be organized in such a way as to minimize losses during planning and preparation of production, accurately determine the location of issues that hinder production, and promptly eliminate them. The line will include all the necessary equipment, which will speed up production.
As part of the technical re-equipment program, it is planned to install equipment for automatic riveting, as well as painting, sealing and drying chambers in the production line. This will ensure production of 12 aircraft fuselage panel kits per year.
– the UAC press center said in a statement.
Let's remember at the end of last week resumed flight tests of the aircraft for regional lines Il-114-300. It is symbolic that the second experimental aircraft of this model made its first flight on the birthday of aircraft designer S.V. Ilyushin. As part of the tests, the airliner made a flight lasting 40 minutes at an altitude of up to 900 meters at a speed of up to 230 km/h.
The Il-114-300 aircraft was created to replace outdated An-24 aircraft on regional routes. The airliner can accommodate up to 68 people, and its flight range when fully loaded is 1400 km. According to the developer, the new model will be able to take off from both concrete and dirt runways. In addition, it is planned to operate it in the Arctic regions of Russia.
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