2017 news when the plane undergo its first flight
PT DI Flight Test Aircraft N219
Thursday, 17 August 2017, 07:59 WIB
President Director of PTDI, Budi Santoso revealed that the success of the N219
flight test is very important for PTDI and the Indonesian aerospace industry, because it is proof that the Indonesian nation is able to design,
test, certify until production is the work of the nation's children.
"There is no technical assistance from foreign nations. All are the result of years of hard work or brain from Indonesian engineers to design and later produce N219," he said
According to Budi, N219 and N245 have their own philosophies. N219 is part of the spirit of 1945, N219 and what will later be continued with the N245 program is the embodiment of the spirit of the 1945 proclamation.
The N219 aircraft has carried out a series of tests starting from
the wing static test, landing gear drop test, functional test engine off, medium speed taxi and on August 9, 2017. Hopping testing is a test that is likened to an aircraft like jumping by lifting the front wheels, then landing again. This test is to ensure that the avionics system, hydraulic system and machining system are ready and functioning properly to support the aircraft to fly.
"The N219 aircraft underwent
high speed taxi and
hopping testing, which is testing to run at high speed on the runway and lift the front wheels, then land again." He said This series of tests, analysis and improvement does not stop until the first flight alone. The N219 aircraft still has to go through the
fatigue test, flight test development and
flight test certification stages which require 3,000
cycle fatigue tests and
300 Flight Hours to get a
Type Certificate in 2018.
Furthermore, the serial production stage begins, so that in 2019, the N219 aircraft is ready and fit to enter market, with the priority of meeting domestic needs at competitive prices.
Type certificate is the airworthiness certification of aircraft manufacturing design. This certificate is issued by the regulatory body in this case the authorized in the territory of Indonesia is the Directorate of Airworthiness and Aircraft Operations, Ministry of Transportation.
Budi added that the N219 aircraft is designed according to the needs of the community, especially pioneer areas, so that it has the ability to short take of landing and is easy to operate in remote areas, it can be
self-starting without the help of
a ground support unit.
As for, the advantages of the N219 Aircraft.
The N219 aircraft is a passenger aircraft with a capacity of 19 people with two turboprop engines referring to
the CASR Part 23 regulations. The idea and design of the aircraft was developed by PTDI with the development of the program carried out by PTDI and LAPAN.
"By using technology that has been widely found in the market or using
, common technology so that aircraft prices can be cheaper with low operating and maintenance costs," he concluded.
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