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Yakovlev MC-21-300

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Twin jet regional airliner. Includes a shortened variant, MC-21-200 and the MC-21-310 with PD-14 engine, with Extended Range (ER) variants for both. Formerly known as Irkut MC-21-300.

Yakovlev MC-21-300
Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turbofan
Application
Cargo, Passenger medium

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
Composite
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Pressurisation
Pressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Full FBW digital
Autopilot
3-axis + autoland
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Low
Planform
Swept
Tail
Conventional
continued
Certification
Part 25
Minimum crew
2

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Winglets / sharklets Standard

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Yakovlev MC-21-2002003 / 2017Baseline version with five MTOW options. Low-wing airliner with two podded engines underwing.
Yakovlev MC-21-3002010 / 2017Initial service version with six MTOW options and increased thrust.
Yakovlev MC-21-3102020 / 2020Version of MC-21-300 eqipped with PD-14 engine.

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JSC Yakovlev Corporation (Irkutsk Aviation Plant)News

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