Bengaluru: 19-seater aircraft SARAS Mk II at critical design stage
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), which has undertaken the design, development and certification of the SARAS Mk II, said Friday that the 19-seater aircraft was at the critical design stage.
An open-air engine test bed, an aircraft environmental systems ground test and a high-fidelity, real-time flight simulator were
recently commissioned to test the various subsystems of the aircraft, the laboratory added.
Dr Abhay A Pashilkar, CSIR-NAL director, said, “The aircraft will be powered by two Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67A turboprop engines with composite propellers in the tractor configuration.
