NPO Saturn starts testing AL-55I engines with MiG-AT
On July 28 in the town of Zhukovsky (Moscow region) NPO Saturn began flight testing a new engine AL-55I on Russian training aircraft MiG-AT. The programs first phase of testing includes 30 test flights. First test flight of MiG-AT was equipped with two engines, i.e, AL-55I and French Larzac engine. NPO Saturn release says that the AL-55I confirmed the technical parameters and demonstrated excellent handling. During the 31 minute flight, the engine AL-55I powered the aircraft to a height of 3000 metres, and the maximum speed is 610 km / h.
AL-55I is a double twin-engine turbo-jets with subsonic fixed convergent nozzle
Engine AL-55I is created for the Indian corporation HAL for its training aircraft IJT-36, on August 1, 2005. The delay of Al-55I engine development has set back the faster induction of IJT-36. The engine license produced in India.
The successful implementation AL-55 family engine may result in MiG-AT in future.
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