Russia Conducts Tests in Interests of Developing Supersonic Civil Aircraft
In Russia, for the first time in the world, tests of intellectual of technologies for a supersonic civil aircraft. This was reported by the N. E. Zhukovsky Institute. It is emphasized that the pilots lifted into the sky a demonstrator of intelligent technologies as part of the Yak-40 flying laboratory and controlled it from a glassless cockpit using external vision systems based on cameras of different spectral ranges.
In Russia, for the first time in the world, the National Research Center "Zhukovsky Institute" tested in flight a demonstrator of intelligent technologies that implements the concept of "from terminal to terminal" in the conditions of a "closed cabin" (a cabin without glazing). The technology can be used in the future to create a promising supersonic civil aircraft
- said in a statement.
As the test initiators explain, the experimental studies were conducted in Novosibirsk, where a demonstrator was launched into the sky as part of the Yak-40 flying laboratory.
The demonstrator included an external vision system, as well as innovative navigation and surveillance tools. This system, consisting of five visible-range cameras and two infrared cameras, made it possible to control the aircraft in a glass-less cockpit.
– explain the Institute’s specialists.
Giving details of the tests, they note that the flight was carried out by a crew consisting of a commander, a co-pilot, a flight mechanic, as well as a flight test operator and a test pilot - the general director of the SibNIA named after Chaplygin, test pilot first class Vladimir Barsuk.
According to the report, the specialists were satisfied with the test results. It is emphasized that they managed to obtain valuable data for further research and confirm the fundamental possibility of takeoff, landing and flight control in the absence of glazing.
It is worth noting that the "terminal to terminal" concept provides for aircraft control in a "closed cockpit" environment. In this case, the pilot is guided by data from external vision systems based on cameras of different spectral ranges.
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