by Spyros Georgilidakis | Sep 3, 2021 | News
Aviation faces electrification and/or alternative propulsion challenges, but its first disruption involves the supply chain of electric cars! There are many initiatives involving alternative propulsion in aviation, at different scales. The technological challenges are...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 15, 2021 | News
Embraer joined the list of companies that are flight testing manned electric aircraft, when their first such demonstrator took off two days ago. Embraer conducted the first test flights of its electric demonstrator, from Gavião Peixoto airport (SBGP). The manufacturer...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 16, 2021 | News
United and Mesa Airlines have agreed to buy 200 Heart Aerospace ES-19 aircraft. The manufacturer also announced new investment in their project. We have seen the work of Heart Aerospace before. Their all-electric ES-19 is using automotive battery technology, and seats...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jun 27, 2021 | News
We have mentioned distributed electric propulsion in a few stories, but what is it for? It’s not about the motors. It is what is behind them! There are different ways to approach a new technology like electrification. One way to go would be to simply replace...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jun 9, 2021 | News
Airbus and its partners in the EcoPulse hybrid project, announced the completion of wind-tunnel testing of its distributed propulsion system. The project passed the preliminary design review stage last December. The next step was to test the new distributed propulsion...
