Bombardier confirmed that the first CS300 aircraft commenced stationary engine runs in Mirabel, Canada –as a part pre-flight tests ahe...
Bombardier confirmed that the first CS300 aircraft commenced stationary engine runs in Mirabel, Canada –as a part pre-flight tests ahead of aircraft’s first flight in the coming weeks.
The CS300 will fly with the most current production standards incorporated on any Flight Test Vehicle – hence making it the most productive CSeries aircraft to date.
“Thanks to the system’s commonalities, with all the testing and data collected thus far from the four flight test vehicles in the program, we’re building maturity and reliability upfront on this first CS300– I’m pleased to say the aircraft was handed over with a very clean configuration,” said Robert Dewar, Vice President,CSeries Program.
“We are on track to fly the first CS300 in early 2015 – though the aircraft is primed for engine runs, shakedowns, and eventual low/high-speed taxi runs – it is a larger variant of the CS100 aircraft and will therefore need to also undergo some ground vibration testing prior to first flight.”
The second CS300 is in production at Bombardier’s new CSeries state-of-the-art final assembly facility in Mirabel and is expected to come off the production line later this year.
Last year the CSeries program was grounded for 3 months following a uncontained failure of Pratt and Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engine onboard a CS100 FTV1. The grounding ate a major portion of planned flight tests and was a major blow to the already late program.
To date, the CSeries program has logged about 850 flight test hours. The CS100 aircraft’s Entry Into Service is expected to occur during the second half of 2015 and the CS300 will follow approximately six months afterwards.
With the addition of the second overwing emergency exit door (OWEED), the CS300 in its high density configuration can seat upto 160 passengers.
