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PS90 is reliable engine, IAF’s FADEC requirement came midway for MTA Project: UAC President
Published March 8, 2016
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK
Breaking his silence on stalled Indo-Russian Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) project due to issues related to choice of engine envisaged to power the aircraft, UAC Chief Yuri Slyusar confirmed that Full authority digital engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) system is not available on Aviadvigatel PS-90 turbofan engine as asked by Indian Air force and also informed that IAF’s requirement for FADEC was added midway and was never part of initial requirements .
Preliminary design for the MTA was completed nearly 3 years ago but has been stuck due to difference emerging on the choice of engine to power the aircraft. Slyusar confirmed that UAC was asked by Indian Air force to search for an alternative engine but they were unable to find one which meets four major criteria in engine performance asked by IAF.
idrw.org in the past had reported that Russian and HAL team have met to find solutions to the deadlock but IAF is holding its ground and is adamant that engines for MTA transporter should have FADEC system requirements but Slyusar has questioned IAF’s demand and pointed out the engine in question has extensively used across civilian and military platforms across Russia and argued that no one should question performance or reliability of the engine since even Russian Presidental aircraft is powered by same engines .
Slyusar also added that if the engine issued is sorted soon and matter resolved with IAF/HAL, work on the first Prototype can be done rapidly. Defence Analyst Ranesh Rajan close to idrw.org feels that IAF might be actually interested in integration on FADEC system equipped engines from Western OEM which Russians are not agreeing to do leading to the whole project going in the backburner lately.
FADEC system in engine basically means that an ECU (Engine Control Unit – digital computer) controls all aspects of the engine performance and decides on the amount of fuel it injects into the inlet ports as well as the exact timing of the spark advance. FADEC has no form of manual override available, placing full authority over the operating parameters of the engine in the hands of the computer.
Not only FADEC system provides optimum engine efficiency for a given flight condition and helps users receive engine health and maintenance reports leading to the better serviceability of the aircraft. But the failure of FADEC means certain engine failure and recent crash of Airbus A-400M was attributed to complex engine software which crashed on that ill flight leading to engine failure killing its 4 crew. NOTE : Article cannot be reproduced without written permission and Direct Citation to Article link or mention of idrw.org or IDRW NEWS NETWORK has to be mentioned .
..http://idrw.org . Read more at India's No 1 Defence News Website and not at Copycat Websites , We lead others follow us. PS90 is reliable engine, IAF’s FADEC requirement came midway for MTA Project: UAC President .
Published March 8, 2016
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK
Breaking his silence on stalled Indo-Russian Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) project due to issues related to choice of engine envisaged to power the aircraft, UAC Chief Yuri Slyusar confirmed that Full authority digital engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) system is not available on Aviadvigatel PS-90 turbofan engine as asked by Indian Air force and also informed that IAF’s requirement for FADEC was added midway and was never part of initial requirements .
Preliminary design for the MTA was completed nearly 3 years ago but has been stuck due to difference emerging on the choice of engine to power the aircraft. Slyusar confirmed that UAC was asked by Indian Air force to search for an alternative engine but they were unable to find one which meets four major criteria in engine performance asked by IAF.
idrw.org in the past had reported that Russian and HAL team have met to find solutions to the deadlock but IAF is holding its ground and is adamant that engines for MTA transporter should have FADEC system requirements but Slyusar has questioned IAF’s demand and pointed out the engine in question has extensively used across civilian and military platforms across Russia and argued that no one should question performance or reliability of the engine since even Russian Presidental aircraft is powered by same engines .
Slyusar also added that if the engine issued is sorted soon and matter resolved with IAF/HAL, work on the first Prototype can be done rapidly. Defence Analyst Ranesh Rajan close to idrw.org feels that IAF might be actually interested in integration on FADEC system equipped engines from Western OEM which Russians are not agreeing to do leading to the whole project going in the backburner lately.
FADEC system in engine basically means that an ECU (Engine Control Unit – digital computer) controls all aspects of the engine performance and decides on the amount of fuel it injects into the inlet ports as well as the exact timing of the spark advance. FADEC has no form of manual override available, placing full authority over the operating parameters of the engine in the hands of the computer.
Not only FADEC system provides optimum engine efficiency for a given flight condition and helps users receive engine health and maintenance reports leading to the better serviceability of the aircraft. But the failure of FADEC means certain engine failure and recent crash of Airbus A-400M was attributed to complex engine software which crashed on that ill flight leading to engine failure killing its 4 crew. NOTE : Article cannot be reproduced without written permission and Direct Citation to Article link or mention of idrw.org or IDRW NEWS NETWORK has to be mentioned .
..http://idrw.org . Read more at India's No 1 Defence News Website and not at Copycat Websites , We lead others follow us. PS90 is reliable engine, IAF’s FADEC requirement came midway for MTA Project: UAC President .
