China News Agency, Beijing, May 28 (Reporter Zhou Yin) China Aviation Industry Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Aviation Industry") news, at 8:8 on the 28th, the Aviation Industry AC352 medium-sized multi-purpose helicopter took off from Jiansanjiang Wetland Airport. After a long-distance route operation transition test flight, after a flight of 616 kilometers, it landed steadily at Harbin Pingfang Airport at 10:22, marking the end of the special test flight for the function and reliability of the aircraft.
The test flight results show that all components and equipment of AC352 helicopter work normally.
The completion of this work means that the AC352 helicopter airworthiness certification has entered the countdown.
According to the aviation industry, the project team conducted a test flight on the AC352 helicopter's function and reliability, including 8 typical mission profiles, including daytime long-distance flight, daytime jumping flight, and nighttime long-distance flight. Check the flight under flight rules and instrument flight rules.
During the test flight, various systems including avionics system, power unit, fuel system, hydraulic system, etc. were checked, and all components and equipment were working normally.
The AC352 helicopter is a medium-sized multi-purpose helicopter developed by the aviation industry and Airbus Helicopter Co., Ltd. in a full-scale peer-to-peer cooperation.
The aviation industry said that the development of this model fills the gap in the 7-ton product of Chinese civil helicopters.
During the functional and reliability test flight, the AC352 helicopter flew for more than 5 hours a day on average, and went through the daily long-endurance flight test.
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