BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — The AC352 mid-sized utility helicopter has accomplished a low-temperature flight check, the China Aviation Trade Company (AVIC) introduced on Friday.
It marked a big step ahead for this civilian helicopter mannequin to obtain its airworthiness certification checks, the AVIC mentioned.
The AC352 carried out the low-temperature flight check and different checks on its aero-engine efficiency at Jiansanjiang airport, in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.
Throughout the flight checks, which lasted 29 days, the AC352 carried out 33 flight hours and 54 flight actions. It accomplished 29 associated topics to confirm its efficiency in a low-temperature setting at minus 30 levels centigrade.
Developed by AVIC Harbin Plane Trade, the AC352 is a mid-sized twin-engine utility helicopter. It will possibly carry as much as 16 passengers with a 7.5-tonne most take-off weight and a most vary of 1,000 kilometers.
Within the subsequent step, professionals will additional confirm the AC352’s efficiency in an everyday setting, in response to the AVIC.