The Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM, part of the Zhukovsky Institute NRC) plans to start work on creating a line of hybrid engines for advanced aircraft. This is reported RIA News.
It is noted that on February 5, flight tests of an important Russian project in the field of hybrid installations for aviation, the Yak-40LL flying laboratory, started. Upon completion of these works, the designers will come close to creating a line of hybrid power and electric power plants for aircraft with a capacity of one to one hundred seats, including convertiplanes and air taxis.
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CIAM is also developing an all-electric propulsion system for light and ultra-light aircraft. It was demonstrated on the Sigma 4E flying laboratory with an 80 kilowatt electric motor and lithium-ion batteries.
In 2022, it is planned to work out the electrical part, then make it hybrid due to a hydrogen fuel cell, this will increase the flight duration by 3-4 times.
“The aircraft industry, like other industries, is characterized by fierce competition for technological leadership, and on a global scale. If you own the technology, you can influence the standards and policies in the field of civil aviation,” said CIAM CEO Andrey Kozlov.
He pointed out that one of the objectives of the institute is to study promising technologies for smooth introduction into industrial production. Kozlov said that industry enterprises are showing interest in hybrid and electric installations, and CIAM is ready to share its experience with them.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said that the first Tu-160M strategic missile carrier of the new construction will be handed over to the Russian military summer – before the end of June 2022. He noted that more than 20 billion rubles were invested in the modernization of the enterprise – the Kazan Aviation Plant named after Sergey Gorbunov. KAZ will produce not only the Tu-160M, but also a promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA). According to him, two aircraft will be produced in parallel.
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