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>> "Submitted to a NASA competition for students, the design for this electric aircraft had to meet certain requirements, the most important of which was that i
by nxzero 10y ago
>> "Submitted to a NASA competition for students, the design for this electric aircraft had to meet certain requirements, the most important of which was that it could be manufactured within five years."
Is this plane going to be in production?
- 6stringmerc 10y agoA reasonable question! From my experience with general and professional aviators, the answer is a tentative "No" for quite a while. It would likely start out as an "Experimental" certification by the FAA[1]. Following that, I'm not sure what the course would be to official production for purchase (though Experimental planes can be purchasd on the free market to my knowledge). [1] https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/airworthiness_certification/sp_awcert/experiment/ https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/airworthiness_certific...
- elmar 10y agoThe easiest option is to sell it as a KIT where the buyer assembles it and requests certification as an experimental Light Sport Aircraft. http://www.kitplanes.com/issues/29_3/builder_spotlight/Understanding_Experimental_Light_Sport_Aircraft_20376-1.html http://www.kitplanes.com/issues/29_3/builder_spotlight/Under...
- tkinom 10y agoI love to see it go to production. Hydrogen fuelling infrastructure for Fuel cell + safety issues of carry two tanks of Hydrogen in a small plane need to be solved before production. One Hindenburg like accident would kill the idea forever.