On December 16, 2020, a new regional passenger turboprop aircraft Il-114-300 made its first flight at the Zhukovsky airfield. The aircraft designer is the head enterprise of the transport aviation division of the United Aircraft Corporation Aviation Complex named after S.V. Ilyushin.

The plane was piloted by a crew consisting of chief pilot of PJSC "IL", first-class test pilot, Hero of Russia Nikolai Kuimov and first-class test pilot Dmitry Komarov, first-class onboard test engineer Oleg Gryazev.

“The end of the year is rich in aviation premieres. As you know, yesterday the MC-21-310 medium-range liner with PD-14 engines took off for the first time. Today the Il-114-300 turboprop took off for the first time - another aircraft in the passenger line, which our aircraft manufacturers will offer to carriers in the near future. The new aircraft is especially relevant for our country: it is not picky about the level of airfield equipment, it is adapted for operation in the harsh conditions of the North, Siberia, the Far East, and due to the optimal cabin capacity it can become the basic vehicle for the development of regional transportation. In 2022, UAC plans to complete the certification of the Il-114-300, and from 2023 - to begin serial deliveries, ”said Sergei Chemezov, General Director of Rostec State Corporation.

The flight task included checking the operating modes of the power plant, the stability and controllability of the aircraft, as well as the functioning of its systems.

“The first flight of the IL-114-300 is the result of the colossal work of tens of thousands of people - scientists, engineers, specialists - working in the design bureau and at the plants of the United Aircraft Corporation, at the enterprises of our suppliers and partners. The emergence of a new regional turboprop aircraft opens up new perspectives for the Russian civil aircraft industry, ”noted Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Building Corporation.

The aircraft was lifted into the sky by new Russian TV7-117ST-01 engines developed and manufactured by the United Engine Corporation. The turboprop engine was created at the St. Petersburg enterprise "UEC-Klimov". TV7-117ST-01 has a takeoff power of up to 3100 hp. The power plant together with the engine includes a new high-thrust AV-112-114 propeller and a new automatic control system using a combined modernized engine control unit and a BARK-65SM propeller. Such joint control makes it possible to maximize the potential of the characteristics of the engine and propeller, and in general to increase the efficiency of the power plant. In its class, the TV7-117ST-01 engine is the best in all parameters that determine the economic feasibility of choosing a power plant for an aircraft.

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