2nd Mi-38 prototype completes 800 mile Kazan-Moscow flight

2nd Mi-38 prototype completes 800 mile Kazan-Moscow flight

6-Jan-2011 Source: Russian Helicopters

The No.2 prototype of the new civil medium-class passenger/transport Mi-38 helicopter accomplished the first long-haul flight. Mi-38 took off in Kazan, where the manufacturer, Kazan Helicopters, is situated. It covered over 800 km and arrived in Moscow to continue testing program at Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, designer of this rotorcraft.

Kazan-Moscow flight also makes part of the new helicopter’s flight testing and, according to the manufacturer’s expertise, it went very well. Earlier in in the course of trials Mi-38 prototype performed 29 ground runs and in 16 sorties in hovering and low-speed modes above runway clocking up 5 flight hours in total.

At the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant base situated at the territory of Russian Helicopters’ Scientific-technical Complex in Tomilino (Moscow region) the new civil Mi-38 and its capabilities were demonstrated to the representatives of Russian operating companies, as well as to the potential customers from state aviation agencies.

Mi-38 No.2 prototype is fitted with turboshaft PW 127/5 engines by Pratt & Whitney Canada along with the up-to-date IBKO-38 avionics suite by Tranzas implementing the glass-cockpit concept. The helicopter can optionally be equipped with Russian TV7-117V power plants.

Medium-class passenger/transport Mi-38 helicopter is intended for passenger transportation (including VIP travel), ferrying cargo inside cabin and on the external sling, performing SAR, support off-shore operations. It can be also equipped as a flying hospital. As per the developers’ plans Mi-38 shall sport expanded load-carrying capacity and high speed. Mi-38 is being designed with spacious cargo-and-passenger cabin and boasts high engine efficiency. Maintenance unit man-hours may be reduced due to introduction of in-built automated serviceability check system for avionics, major systems, aggregates and engines.

According to Kazan Helicopters, Mi-38 is a new-gen rotorcraft able to ensure the highest levels of safety and comfort in its class.

The Mi-38 flight video can be downloaded at: http://www.rus-helicopters.ru/en/galery/video/.

Russian Helicopters, JSC is an affiliated company of UIC Oboronprom. It is the managing body of the following helicopter industry enterprises: Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, Kamov, Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, Kazan Helicopters, Rostvertol, Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company named after N.I. Sazykin, Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, Stupino Machine Production Plant, Reductor-PM, Novosibirsk Aircraft Repairing Plant and Helicopter Service Company.

Partners of Russian Helicopters: AirTaxi Service (interior completions and maintenance); R.E.T. Kronshtadt (aviation training systems, navigation and avionics); Tranzas (software, navigation systems, aviation simulators); CSTS Dinamika (development and manufacture of technical training means for aviation flight and engineering personnel); BETA AIR (testing equipment and aviation electronics); Ural Works of Civil Aviation (specializes in the repair of helicopter engines and components and reductors).

UIC Oboronprom, JSC is a multi-profile industrial and investment group established in 2002. A part of Russian Technologies State Enterprise. Its main tasks include helicopter engineering (Russian Helicopters managing company), engine-building (United Engine Industry Corporation managing company).

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