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NASA showcases its first all-electric aircraft
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IANS | 09 Nov, 2019
NASA has showcased its first all-electric aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell which is at least a year away from its first flight test.
Unveiled
on Friday, the Maxwell is NASA's first crewed X-plane in two decades.
It is adapted from Italian Tecnam P2006T aircraft.
NASA took
delivery of its first all-electric experimental aircraft from Empirical
Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo, California on October 2.
ESAero
delivered the X-57 at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in
Edwards, California, in the first of three configurations as an
all-electric aircraft, known as Modification II, or Mod II.
A
goal of the X-57 project is to help develop certification standards for
emerging electric aircraft markets, including urban air mobility
vehicles, which also rely on complex distributed electric propulsion
systems.
NASA will share the aircraft's electric
propulsion-focused design and airworthiness process with regulators and
industry, which will advance certification approaches for aircraft
utilizing distributed electric propulsion.
The X-57 uses
rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. It uses a dozen small motors located
across the wing to increase airflow so that the wing produces lift even
when the aircraft is flying slowly.
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