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In 2011 the aircraft won the 2011 Berblinger competition. The first flight of a jet-propelled aircraft to come to public attention was the Italian Caproni Campini N.1 motorjet prototype that flew on August 27, 1940. By September 2018, a 350 hp (260 kW) electric motor with a propeller had been tested on a Cessna iron bird. Subscribe to Electrek on YouTube for exclusive videos and subscribe to the podcast. It will be replaced by the only one left in the flight-test program. Meet Alice, the world’s first all-electric commuter aircraft. First deemed an impossibility, and now, it is not only possible, but we are figuring out new and create ways to soar as the birds. [23] The comparable Continental IO-550-A reciprocating engine outputs 220 kW (300 hp) and has a dry weight of 195.37 kg (430.72 lb). Its projected range is up to 186 miles with speeds of 161 knots (185.30 MPH and shy of 300KPH). [9][10] The drop in the dry-air temperature as altitude increases, called the environmental lapse rate (ELR), averages 6.49°C/km[11] (memorized in pilot training as 1.98°C/1,000 ft or 3.56°F/1,000 feet) so that temperature for a typical airliner's cruising altitude of around 35,000 ft (11,000 m) will be substantially lower than at ground level. [64][65], The first NASA Green Flight Challenge took place in 2011 and was won by a Pipistrel Taurus G4 on 3 October 2011. The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation jet powered medium bomber. The most common system is the front electric sustainer, which is used in over 240 gliders. First Electric is resuming disconnection of electric services for non-payment. [74][75], Completed in 2014, Solar Impulse 2 carried more solar cells and more powerful motors, among other improvements. [84] NASA research agreements (NRA) are granted to develop electric-propulsion components. Jeff Butler 4296 Views DeepSpeed, Italy. Typical solar panels running at 15-20% produce about 150–200 W/m2 (0.019–0.025 hp/sq ft) in direct sunlight. Nigeria seems to have finally caught up with the latest automobile trend as an indigenous company called JET Motor Company manufactured the nation’s first electric vehicle called JET EV. Pipistrel makes light sport electric aircraft such as the Pipistrel WATTsUP, a prototype of the Pipistrel Alpha Electro. The QinetiQ Zephyr is a lightweight solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). BMW IconicSounds Electric – for the first time in a BMW, a newly developed soundscape in the iX3 provides additional emotional depth to the driving experience. US/UK startup ZeroAvia develops zero-emissions fuel-cell propulsion systems for small aircraft, and tests its HyFlyer in Orkney supported by £2.7 million from the UK government. Several companies make, or have demonstrated, light aircraft suitable for initial flight training. [45][46] It employed 2499 wing-mounted solar cells. The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet has been unveiled after completing its first flight. June 10, 2020. The largest electric plane yet completed its first flight — but it's the batteries that matter. [14] This 1:50 ratio makes electric propulsion impractical for long-range aircraft, as a 500 nmi (930 km) mission for an all-electric, 12-passenger aircraft would require a six-fold increase in battery power density. [100], A 560-kW (750-hp) MagniX electric motor was installed in a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver seaplane. [2] Another benefit is the potential for noise reduction, in an industry with a severe noise pollution and abatement problem. Klaus Ohlmann’s flight in the e-Genius was five times as long as the first electric flight in 1973. A motor-glider type aircraft originally built as a pedal-powered airplane to attempt the Channel crossing, the airplane proved too heavy to be successfully powered by human power and was then converted to solar power,[40] using an electric motor driven by batteries that were charged before flight by a solar cell array on the wing. Meet Alice, the world’s first all-electric commuter aircraft. Moreover, the machine completed several brief test flights in the process. [58], The first certificate of airworthiness for an electric powered aircraft was granted to the Lange Antares 20E in 2003. 1. [101] Built to make flight the sustainable, affordable, quiet solution to regional travel. The first prototype of the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft out of two was destroyed in a fire. The design won the Berblinger prize in 1996, the EAA Special Achievement Award in Oshkosh, the Golden Daidalos Medal of the German Aeroclub and the OSTIV-Prize in France in 1997. [85] They will be completed in 2019 and the internal NASA work by 2020, then they will be assembled in a megawatt-scale drive system to be tested in the narrowbody-sized NEAT. [63], The Boeing-led FCD (fuel cell demonstrator) project uses a Diamond HK-36 Super Dimona motor glider as a research test bed for a hydrogen fuel cell powered light airplane. [13] The company says it is damaged beyond repair. An increasingly common application is as a sustaining motor or even a self-launching motor for gliders. This was the startup’s first and only example of its electric fixed-wing aircraft. Lilium is developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service. [19], Power beaming of electromagnetic energy such as microwaves relies on a ground-based power source. [44], The human piloted Solair 1, developed by Günther Rochelt, flew in 1983 with notably improved performance. The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, the seaplane powered by magniX that was the first all-electric commercial aircraft to fly, in December 2019. [78] The following month it returned to Abu Dhabi, completing its circumnavigation of the world. [5] Usable areas are further limited as output from a poorly performing panel impacts the output of all the panels on its circuit, meaning they all require similar conditions, including being at a similar angle to the sun, and not being masked by shadow. It uses a 900-kWh battery pack for a combined power of 780 kW (260 kW each). [107] The MagniX Magni500 electric motor used in the Harbour Air electric de Havilland Canada Beaver weighs 135 kg (297 lb) dry and develops 560 kW (750 shp) compared to the Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Juniorwith a dry weight of 290 kg (640 lb), producing 300 kW (400 bh… [31][32] MHD has been used to achieve vertical lift in the past, but only by cabling up the MHD ion generator system to an external power supply. Although the Austro-Hungarian Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec team flew an experimental tethered military observation helicopter in 1917 on electric power, they soon switched to using a gasoline engine and the use of electric power for rotor-borne flight was not explored further until recently. [110][111], In February 2016, Philippe Antoine, AQUINEA and ENAC, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aviation Civile, successfully flew the first full electric conventional helicopter called Volta in Castelnaudary Airfield, France. [72][73] In 2012 the first Solar Impulse made the first intercontinental flight by a solar aircraft, flying from Madrid, Spain to Rabat, Morocco. Backed by Swedish venture capitalist EQT Ventures, Nordic governments and the European Union, Heart was initially funded by the Swedish innovation agency Vinnova and is an alumnus of Silicon Valley start-up accelerator Y Combinator. [94] Jeffrey Engler, CEO of Wright Electric, estimates that commercially viable electric planes will lead to around a 30% reduction in energy costs. [60], In 2005, Alan Cocconi of AC Propulsion flew, with the assistance of several other pilots, an unmanned airplane named "SoLong" for 48 hours non-stop, propelled entirely by solar energy. This two-seat, twin-propeller monoplane was the first electric aircraft demonstrator developed in the Airbus portfolio. The 12-volt lifts feature batteries, of course, which can be charged even with a solar charger. It should be used by FLN Frisia Luftverkehr to connect East Frisian islands with its 300 km (160 nmi) range and 300 m (980 ft) short takeoff and landing distance. More recently, interest in electric passenger aircraft has grown, for both commercial airliners and personal air vehicles.