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XAC MA600 Modern Ark

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High wing twin turboprop airliner.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop

Application

Cargo, Passenger small

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

Bleed air

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Part 25

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
XAC MA60	2000 / 2000	Baseline variant.
XAC Y-7G	2005 / 2005	Military passenger variant, with chinese engine and avionics.
XAC MA600 Modern Ark	2008 / 2008	Upgraded variant of MA60 with reduced airframe weight, includes MA600F freighter version.

Airframer

AVIC XAC Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd. (AVIC XCAC) (was Xi'an Aircraft Industry)

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