China's homegrown Y-12F versatile¹ aircraft has passed the civil aviation authorities' verification flight tests for its automatic control system, its developer confirmed Thursday.

 

中国国产Y-12F多用途飞机自动控制系统飞行试验已通过民航总局的确认。
 

 

All performance indicators² of its automatic control system have been tested, proving that this type of aircraft has met the airworthiness requirements of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said the the state-owned China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC).

 

The Y-12F, the latest model of the Y-12 family, has entered an "era of automatic control," declared AVIC, predicting that the aircraft will see a boost in the competitive power on the market.

 

The CAAC has completed thirteen verification flight tests for the Y-12F, including automatic navigation, automatic approach and select heading hold.

 

It was the first time for the CAAC to conduce the airworthiness test on the automatic control system of the aircraft under the CCAR Part-23, the CCAC's certified³ standard for small fixed-wing airplanes.

 

The airborne automatic control system is capable of functions such as self-navigation, automatic piloting and flight directing, reducing the working intensity⁴ of pilots.

 

The twin-engine propeller-driven Y-12F is manufactured by AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Company Ltd. It has been designed according to airworthiness standards of China and the U.S.

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