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The Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) has begun assembling the first prototype of the TVRS-44 Ladoga regional turboprop aircraft. This is reported on the company's website.
UZGA specialists have started assembling the first copy of the newest Ladoga regional aircraft. In March of this year, the fuselage of an aircraft assembled at the Aviakor plant was delivered to Yekaterinburg from Samara. At the moment, the fuselage is equipped with functional units and systems. After assembly, the aircraft will be handed over for testing, first ground, and then flight.
According to the company, the aircraft must make more than 1,000 flights as part of flight tests, and the plan has been developed and agreed upon. Flight samples of the TVRS-44 Ladoga will be equipped with TV7-117ST-02 engines, they will also undergo certification tests as part of the aircraft. The new engine is based on the TV7-117ST-01, developed for the IL-114-300 passenger aircraft. Unlike the base engine, the new one has a closed oil system and a new alternator with a higher rotation speed, as well as other design changes that make fuel consumption minimal for aircraft of this class. The claimed take—off power is 2,400 hp.
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The development of the TVRS-44 Ladoga has been underway since 2021, with the completion of assembly of the first prototype scheduled for December 2025.
The TVRS-44 Ladoga is a twin—engine turboprop aircraft designed to carry up to 44 passengers on regional routes, designed to replace the fleet of obsolete Soviet An-24/26 and Yak-40 aircraft. The design of the TVRS-44 uses many components and components from other Russian aircraft that have already been put into production. This speeds up its creation, as well as reduces the cost of serial production.
