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HANSA-NG Aircraft successfully completed Engine Relight test
Context
‘HANSA-NG’ successfully completed in-flight engine relight test at the aeronautical test range (ATR) facility of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) at Challakere in Karnataka’s Chitradurga recently.
About
About HANSA-NG:
- ‘HANSA-NG’ is the new generation two-seater flying trainer aircraft.
- It is designed and developed by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL).
- ‘HANSA-NG’ is designed to meet the Indian flying club needs and it is an ideal aircraft for commercial pilot licensing due to its low cost and fuel consumption.
- Features: The unique features of Hansa-NG are:
- Glass cockpit with cabin comfort
- Highly efficient digitally controlled engine
- Electrically operated flaps
- Long endurance
- Low acquisition and low operating cost.
About the test:
- The in-flight engine relight test is the most critical and important milestone towards certification of an aircraft by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
- The flight test was carried out at an altitude of 7,000-8,000 feet with a speed range of 60 to 70 knots.
- The aircraft handling characteristics and flight parameters were found to be normal during these test flights.
About National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL):
- NAL was established in
- It is a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
- It is India’s only government-owned aerospace research and development laboratory in the civilian sector.
About CSIR
- The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), known for its cutting edge R&D knowledge base in diverse S&T areas, is a contemporary R&D organization.
- Established: September 1942
- Located:New Delhi
- CSIR is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and it operates as an autonomous body through the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
- CSIR covers a wide spectrum of streams – from radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology.
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