NASA unveiled first all-electric aircraft: X-57 Maxwell 12/11/2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags: NASA
First electric plane
The US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) unveiled an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, named X-57 “Maxwell” at its aeronautics lab in the California desert, US. The plane was named for Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
X-57 “Maxwell” was under development since 2015. NASA targets to fly this airplane in late 2020. The plane will be propelled by 14 electric motors powered by specially designed lithium-ion batteries.
It will be NASA’s first crewed X-plane to be developed in two decades. It is adapted from Italian-made Tecnam P2006T twin-engine propeller plane.
NASA’s X-57 venture is aimed at designing and proving technology as per the standards that commercial manufacturers can adapt to government certification.
Source: News on Air
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