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Check out NASA's X-57 experimental electric aircraft as well: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-takes-delivery-of-first-all-electric-experimental-aircraft
by tectonic 7y ago
Check out NASA's X-57 experimental electric aircraft as well: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-takes-delivery-of-first-all-electric-experimental-aircraft https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-takes-delivery-of-fi...
And their Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) program: https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/aeronautics/electrified-aircraft-propulsion-eap/ https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/aeronautics/electrified-aircraft-p...
- olex 7y agoAlso, quite similar to the aircraft presented in the article, the Pipistrel Alpha Electro from Slovenia: https://www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/aircraft/electric-flight/alpha-electro/ https://www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/aircraft/electric-flight/.... Also designed from the ground up as an electric trainer to radically bring down the hour costs at flight schools, with enough endurance for a flight lesson and battery swap capability for quick turnaround.