The CCTV reporter of the head office learned from the Aviation Industry Group that at 8:08 on May 28, 2022, the AC352 medium-sized multi-purpose helicopter took off from Jiansanjiang Wetland Airport for a long-distance route operation transition test flight. After a flight of 616 kilometers, at 10:00 It landed steadily at Harbin Pingfang Airport in 22 minutes, marking the successful conclusion 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.
Functional and Reliability Test Flights are designed to systematically check the functionality and reliability of AC352 helicopter components and equipment.
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, in day and night environments, focusing on visual 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.
AC352 helicopter is an advanced medium-sized multi-purpose helicopter. It made its first flight on December 20, 2016, and officially entered the applicant's verification test flight in November 2019.
The development of this model fills the 7-ton product gap of my country's civil helicopters, and is of great significance to the capability upgrade of the domestic helicopter industry.
The completion of the special test flight of function and reliability means that the countdown to the airworthiness certification of the AC352 helicopter has entered.
(Headquarters CCTV reporter Li Sha)