 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. or Comac C919 |
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The C919, China's first domestically designed and built large airliner by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac). China joins the ranks of the few nations that have developed homegrown large airliners: the U.S., Russia, Brazil, Canada, the U.K., France and Germany. The airplane is roughly the same size as Airbus's A320 and Boeing's 737-800. Dimensions of the C919 are very similar to the Airbus A320 .
It is a short-medium range commercial liner , Its all-economy class layout are 168 seats and the hybrid class layout 158 seats.
The C919 was initially launched in 2008 and its first flight was on may 5 , 2017, with the first delivery will be to launch customer China Eastern Airlines.
C 919 model be equipped with CFM LEAP-1C engines.The plane also relies on an array of overseas technology include Honeywell International Inc , United Technologies Corp , Rockwell Collins Inc and a unit of Parker-Hannifin Corp. It still has a long way to go before it's carrying passengers and competing with its U.S. and European competitors.
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| SPECIFICATIONS Comac C919 |
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| Typical Passengers |
168 seats ( 1-class config.) |
158 seats (2-class config.) |
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| Length |
38.9 m. |
127.6 ft. |
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| Wing span |
35.8 m. |
117.5 ft. |
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| Height |
11.95 m. |
39.32 ft. |
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| Max.Take off weight (MTOW) |
72,500 kg. |
159,835 lbs. |
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| Max.Payload |
20,400 kg. |
45,000 lbs. |
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| Max. Fuel |
19,560 kg. |
43,122 lbs. |
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| Empty Weight |
42,100 kg |
92,815 lbs. |
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| Engines(2 ea.)-Turbofan |
CFM LEAP-1C |
CFM LEAP-1C |
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| Thrust |
31,000 lbf |
137.9kN |
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| Cruise speed |
0.785 mach |
834 km/h |
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| Range |
4,075 km. |
2,200 nm |
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| Approach speed |
135 kt |
250 km/h |
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| Take off distance |
2,000 m. |
6,600 ft |
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| Landing distance |
1,600 m. |
5,200 ft |
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cockpit Comac C919 |
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1 nm.(nautical mile) = 1.15155 miles, 1 kt (knot) = 1.15155 mile / hr. 1 mach = 761 mph.(SL,ISA) |
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