Russia's Central Baranov Aero Engine Manufacturing Institute successfully conducted a series of tests on a new generation of rotor-piston aero engines. The engine continued to run for 4 hours in the main working mode and completed the main testing items specified in the test outline. Several other performance tests of the engine will continue, including life tests and plateau climate tests to be performed on the test bed of the Central Baranov Aero Engine Manufacturing Institute.
The engine's structure uses a new generation of materials with high mechanical-physical properties, namely cermet-based composite materials and integrated ceramic composite materials. The engine also uses a newly developed new system that uses charge air to cool the turbocharger system. Some of the system's components are produced using Russian raw materials and printed using 3D technology.
The engine's electronic control system is also completely new. It is precisely because the above-mentioned innovative schemes are very successful that the power of the new engine is about double that of the rotor-piston aero-engine developed by Russia before.
In 2016, the Central Baranov Aero Engine Manufacturing Research Institute of Russia established the FPI laboratory. The purpose of the laboratory was to apply ceramic matrix composites and additive manufacturing technology to further promote the development of the next-generation aero engine manufacturing technology in Russia.