Photo by © Luhansk Aircraft Repair Plant press service Leonid Pasechnik, the LNR’s acting head, said in social networks about plans to resume service of Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopter engines […]
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Category: Engines
UEC-Saturn will assess the quality of aircraft engine parts using neural networks
Photo by © UEC press service United Engine Corporation has implemented a new method of luminescent quality control of aircraft engine parts using machine vision and neural network technologies. The […]
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An-26 could not take off from Irkutsk due to spontaneous engine shutdown
Photo by © Anastasia Yushkevich / russianplanes.net On April 2, when the AN-26 aircraft of Angara Airlines was moving from its parking place to the pre-start, the right engine shut […]
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Hybrid propulsion systems
Photo by © Andrei Shmatko / russianplanes.net The search for new types of propulsion systems in aviation has been ongoing throughout its history. Often there were parallel tests of engines […]
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Tests of the combustion chamber of the VK-800SM engine were conducted
Autonomous installation of the combustion chamber of the VK-800SM turbofan engine. Photo by © UZGA press service In the framework of development work to create a turboprop engine VK-800SM in […]
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Comment of UEC on reports of spark plug shortage for SaM146 turbofans
Photo by © Rostec press service Part of the Superjet 100 passenger aircraft fleet may suspend flights due to the running out of stocks of American spark plugs for SaM146 […]
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UEC expands the test base of the PD-8 engine
Testing stand of SAU-8 in Perm. Photo by © UEC press service The ODK-Star company in Perm, which develops and manufactures automatic control systems for the PD-8 engine, has commissioned […]
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From the history of the Soviet/Russian aviation: the first flight of Yak-41
Yak-141 – deck plane of vertical take-off and landing. Photo © Yakovlev Design Bureau archive On 9 March 1987 the Yak-41 prototype vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter made its […]
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A few facts about the PD-14 turbofan engine
Photo by © UAC A turbojet/turbofan engine is an extremely complex device. Its turbine works in the most difficult conditions. Its most important element is the blade, which converts the […]
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The feasibility of re-motorizing the SSJ100 fleet for the PD-8 engine is being discussed
Photo by © Marina Lystseva / @fotografersha The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is planning to replace the French-Russian SaM146 engines on the existing SSJ100 aircraft fleet with PD-8 engines. The […]
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