my country's self-developed amphibious aircraft, 'Kunlong' AG600 small batch assembly and production officially started

This website reported on July 1 that according to CCTV news reports, the large nose components of the first mass-produced aircraft of the AG600, a large amphibious aircraft independently developed by my country, were delivered, marking the official start of the small-batch final assembly production of this type of aircraft.

It is reported that the large parts of the nose delivered this time were assembled and riveted in March this year. It took more than 3 months to successfully complete the final assembly and take off the shelves, and passed the manufacturing compliance inspection of the Civil Aviation Administration of Central and South China. The delivery of large nose parts marks the official start of the small-batch final assembly production of AG600 aircraft. According to the plan, the first machine is expected to complete the final assembly and roll off the production line by the end of the year.
This site has learned that the "Kunlong" AG600 is the largest amphibious aircraft currently under development in the world and is independently developed by my country. The AG600 amphibious aircraft adopts a single-hull, cantilevered monoplane layout; it is equipped with four optional WJ6 engines and adopts a retractable landing gear at the front three points. When performing forest fire-fighting missions, the AG600 seaplane can lift 12,000 kilograms of water in 20 seconds. The aircraft can make multiple trips back and forth between the water source and the fire scene to drop water to extinguish the fire. When performing water rescue missions, the aircraft has a minimum stable flight altitude of 50 meters and can park on the water to perform rescue operations. It can rescue up to 50 people in distress at a time.

Currently, the AG600 aircraft has initially completed:

1. Water rescue mode verification
2. Firefighting mission capability verification
3. Alpine ground test
4. Night flight flight test
5. Flight load calibration ground test

AG600 aircraft is in progress Test flight certification work is under way, and it is planned to obtain the airworthiness certificate by the end of this year.

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