The world's largest fully electric airplane succeeded in test flight, nearing realization of 'flying taxi'
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magniX and AeroTEC Announce Successful First Flight of the World's Largest All-Electric Aircraft-AeroTEC
https://www.aerotec.com/magnix-and-aerotec-announce-successful-first-flight-of-the-worlds-largest-all-electric-aircraft/
eCaravan-magniX
https://www.magnix.aero/ecaravan/
Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-groundbreaking-all-electric-plane-paving-greener.html
The eCaravan is a modified version of the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan , a propeller transport aircraft. The single- engine turboprop engine originally installed in the Cessna 208 series has been replaced with magniX's 560-kW / 750-hp electric engine ' magni500 '.
The test flight was performed by AeroTEC at its flight test center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, with the eCaravan flying over Washington for 20-30 minutes. In addition, only one test pilot boarded. According to those who were watching the test flight, the noise was considerably less than the conventional Cessna. The following movie shows how eCaravan is actually flying in the sky.
You can also see the moment of departure and landing in the following movie.
eCaravan First Flight-YouTube
The eCaravan is a completely airplane powered, not hybrid, so it's a clean airplane with zero carbon footprint. However, the lithium-ion battery is adopted as the battery that is installed, and the drawback is that the fuel consumption deteriorates depending on the weight of the battery. In fact, the turboprop engine can fly up to 1200 miles (about 1900 km), whereas the magni 500 can fly up to 100 miles (about 160 km).
'Advances in battery technology, such as lithium-sulfur batteries and hydrogen fuel cells , will increase passenger capacity and flight distances for electric airplanes,' said Roi Gantzersky, CEO of magniX. 'The first flight of the eCaravan is a new step towards a completely zero carbon footprint and a low cost, short- to medium-distance transport. Commercial electric planes like the eCaravan are the traditional electric planes. It is possible to transport people and luggage that was impossible to do, '' he said, aiming for the Federal Aviation Administration 's approval of magni 500 by 2021 before the `` flying taxi '' business by electric airplane. did.
'We are proud of the pioneering work of our engineers, technicians and flight testing teams. AeroTEC CEO Lee Human is unprecedented in electric aircraft testing and certification and there is no clear roadmap. This test flight was also accompanied by new developments, and AeroTEC is at the forefront of the process and success story that paves the way for electric aviation. '
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