ATR 42-600 ja ATR 72-600

[Jari Tanskanen 0]

ATR on kertonut tänään tuovansa markkinoille  "-600" -sarjan.

 

 

 

The European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR reached an important new milestone today with the announcement of the launch of the “-600 series”, the newest version of its family of aircraft. This was announced by Stéphane Mayer, ATR CEO, on the occasion of a Press Conference held in Washington, D.C.

 

The new ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600 will feature the latest technological enhancements while building upon the well-known advantages of the current aircraft, namely its high efficiency, proven dispatch reliability and low fuel burn and operationing cost. The “-600 series” ATR aircraft will be progressively introduced during the second half of 2010.

 

Compared to the current “-500 series”, the main developments of the “-600 series” ATRs comprise:

 

New Avionics Suite: the “-600 series” ATR aircraft will feature an enhanced cockpit, equipped with upgraded avionics instrumentation. This includes the latest and most accurate computing systems for navigation, recording, auto- pilot and communications. An outstanding flight deck  - Glass Cockpit - with 5 wide LCD screens will replace the current EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrumental System). In addition, a multi purpose computer (MPC) will further enhance Flight Safety and operational capabilities. The new avionics will also provide CAT III and RNP capabilities.  All these main improvements will provide advantages and performance improvements in terms of weight reduction, reliability, energy consumption and durability.

 

New engine: the ATR 42-600s and ATR 72-600s will include the new PW 127 M as standard engine. This enhanced version of the ATR engine will allow an increased power rating for the ATR 72-600 that will provide improved performance for hot and high conditions.

 

Additional weight increase: compared to the current optional Design Weights, the new ATR 72-600 will have as standard an additional weight increase of 300 Kg on MTOW (Maximum Take Off Weight) and MZFW (Max Zero Fuel Weight), plus optional weight increases of an additional 200kg.  This will improve the payload and performance to cope with increasing demands of passenger weights and baggage.

 

Cabin Comfort and LED technology: The –600 series will include all the existing and future cabin improvements developed by ATR to provide the high level of comfort and low interior noise for which the existing –500 series is recognized.  It will also have the latest in Light Emitting Diode lighting inside the cabin, and this LED technology is also being incorporated both for external navigation and anti-collision lighting in order to further reduce costs and increase life span, while also upgrading the visibility of the aircraft. LED represents the lowest weight and energy consuming lighting technology, with a dramatically extended service life.

 

Stéphane Mayer declared: “The “-600 series” ATRs are the result of our continuous product improvement strategy in order to meet the demands of the market. The new ATR is vastly different from the earlier versions of the aircraft, with many innovations and developments resulting from the operators’ experience and the newest available technologies. These developments allow ATR to provide state-of-the art technology and environmentally-friendly aircraft with high reliability, superior comfort, and the lowest cost per seat among regional aircraft”.

 

He added: “The ‘-600 series’ underlines the strong “family concept” of ATR, with two aircraft that are extremely similar, providing common airframe, common engines, common cockpit and the same pilot type rating. The compromise between simplicity and effectiveness of the design is one of our key goals”. 

 

And he concluded: “The next ten years forecast for the turboprop market is for a requirement of over 1,400 aircraft. This provides a solid basis for ATR to continue its investment in improvement and developing our very successful product”.

 

About ATR

Toulouse, Southern France-based regional aircraft manufacturer ATR is the world leader in the 50 to 74-seat turboprop market. ATR forecasts revenues of around US$1 Billion in 2007, representing two successive years of 30% increase in turnover.  ATR is an equal partnership between Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica group) and EADS. ATR is certified NF EN ISO 9001:2000 and AS 9100 revision B:2004 / JIS Q 9100:2004 / EN 9100:2003, the worldwide quality standard in the field of aeronautics.

[Guest bemari]

Saas nähdä millainen tuosta ohjustamosta tulee, viisi LCD screeniä kuulostaa jotenkin "pelottavalta", kun koneena kerran on ATR. Mutta mielenkiinnolla odotellaan lisä informationia ja kuvia,

[Jari Tanskanen 0]

ATR:n lehdistötiedotteen mukana tulleita mainoskuvia:

 

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[Guest Dankke]

Onko tuo ohjaamokuva simusta? 

[Teemu Eerola 0]

Ohjaamo kuvia odotellessa... ???

Hienoltahan tuo näyttää.

 

 

Teemu

[Mikko Maliniemi 5]

Onko tuo ohjaamokuva simusta? 

 

3D-malli

[Guest bemari]

Kiitokset Jari kuvista, Kyllähän tuo näyttää niin konttorista kuin ulkoakin (onneksi) hyvin paljon 500 sarjalaiselle. Ajattelin jo kauhuissani jotain Cirrus tai Columbia tyyppistä LCD ohjaamoa, ja vielä Airbusista napsaistu sidestick ojaus, mutta suureksi helpotukseksi ei. Onko suoritus arvoista kerrottu mitään vielä?

[Guest fishu]

Onko tuo ohjaamokuva simusta? 

 

Niin kökkö 3D-ohjaamo ettei tuota kelpuuttais edes FS2002:een.

 

[Ville Viiperi 0]

Ei sovi ATR:ään tollanen

 

Ei niin, tulee mieleen nuo uudet dornierit  Hyihyi...

[Leo Järviranta 0]

Se on ohjaamo!! Hittoako sillä on väliä onko sillä mittarit vai LCD-näytöt.

 

En jatka tästä asiasta keskustelua enempää 

 

Ja toivottavasti kukaan ei vedä hehtaarin kasvimaata nenään tosta.

[Leo Järviranta 0]

Siis tarkoitin tuolla "hittoako sillä on väliä että onko mittarit vai LCD-näytöt" että ei mitään järkeä siitä ruveta marisemaan LCD-näytöistä.