Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp began carrying out low speed taxi trials of the first flight test aircraft of Mitsubishi Regional Jet, their ne...
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp began carrying out low speed taxi trials of the first flight test aircraft of Mitsubishi Regional Jet, their next-generation regional jet, at the Nagoya Airport (Toyoyama-cho, Aichi Prefecture), Japan, ahead of planned first flight in Sept-Oct.
Taxiing is the movement of an aircraft on the ground under its own power. An airplane uses taxiways to taxi from one place on an airport to another both prior to takeoff and after landing. The current taxiing tests is performed to confirm braking at low speeds and direction control steering.
The trial were carried out at very low speeds, and will be gradually expanded to high speed trials, reaching up to 200 kph.
The MRJ is a family of 70- to 90-seat next-generation regional jets, which have received orders for 407 aircraft, including 223 firm. The MRJ was rolled out in October 2014.
Mitsubishi began engine ground trials in January 2015.
