Analysis of operational characteristics of aviation diesel and gas turbine engines for light passenger aircraft

a comparative analysis of aviation diesel and gas turbine engines in the light passenger aircraft system was conducted. aircraft operational characteristics were obtained with the help of developed modular software system „Integration-2.1”. For the formation of 5-9 seater modifications of aircraft as a prototype was taken aircraft Diamond Da42 with the location of passengers without aisle, crew consisted of 1 person. For the formation of 10-20 seater aircrafts modifications as prototypes were taken aircrafts eV-55 and l-410UVP, the crew consisted of 2 persons, was adopted the full completion of aircraft equipment, power plant consists of two engines was adopted. It shows the economic advisability of the aircraft gas turbine engines use for airplanes of local airlines (5-6 people). It was found that the life-cycle cost of the aircraft with more passengers become lower in modifications with gas turbine engines, therefore, the use of this type of engine is advisable for aircraft with greater passenger capacity. It was found that the main factors influencing the life-cycle cost of the aircraft, are the resource characteristics of the engine, the cost of its maintenance and repair, as well as the price of fuel. keywords: parametric shape, light passenger aircraft, local airlines, aviation diesel engine, turboprop engine, gas turbine engine, the aviation powerplant, technical and economic characteristics, operational characteristics, life-cycle hour cost.