Estimated 100 mile range 1 hour flying time. The motors between the two ends are for takeoff and landing. The two end motors are for cruise. They mount on top of the wings for better lift. It’s it just to test concepts.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 11, 2019, at 9:13 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Better altitude compared to small ICE planes, which typically max out around > 11 or 12,000 feet due to lack of oxygen. No mention of range. > > Apparently it is more efficient to have a line of small propellers than a > single large one, as shown in this rendering. Obviously not practical with a > single ICE. Does anyone know why it is better ? > > Peri > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "brucedp5 via EV" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: "brucedp5" <[email protected]> > Sent: 10-Nov-19 7:23:53 PM > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: NASA X-57 Maxwell e-plane w/ 14 e-motors> fly in 2020 > >> >> >> https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/techandscience/nasa-unveils-early-version-of-all-electric-plane/ar-BBWw9cI?li=BBqdg4K >> NASA unveils early version of all-electric plane >> November 10, 2019 >> >> [images / © Other,Getty,Reuters/NASA >> https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBWvKJ1.img >> The plane is called the X-57 'Maxwell' >> >> https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBWvSmZ.img >> a person on the machine: The plane has been under development since 2015. >> Pic: Reuters/NASA >> The plane has been under development since 2015 >> >> https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBWuT2u.img >> a group of people sitting at a table: Batteries for the plane. >> Batteries for the plane >> ] >> >> The plane is called the X-57 'Maxwell'. Pic: Reuters/NASA >> NASA has unveiled an all-electric plane which it has been developing since >> 2015. >> >> The experimental aircraft, or X-plane, has been designated X-57, and will be >> known as "Maxwell" for short. >> >> It could be ready for its first test flight from Edwards Air Force Base in >> the desert of southern California next year. >> >> The X-57 has been adapted from an Italian-made Tecnam P2006T twin-engine >> propeller plane but with the traditional combustion engines replaced with >> electric cruise motors. >> >> There are 14 electric motors powered by specially designed lithium-ion >> batteries, the same technology used in mobile phones and electric cars. >> >> According to NASA, using an existing aircraft design will allow data from >> the baseline model in its traditional configuration to be compared to data >> produced by the same model powered using electric propulsion. >> >> The US space agency has developed many experimental aircraft, including the >> bullet-shaped Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier, and the X-15 >> rocket plane flown by Neil Armstrong before he joined the Apollo team. >> >> The Maxwell is its first crewed X-plane in two decades. >> >> NASA has also shown off a newly built simulator which enables pilots and >> engineers to get a sense of what it might be like to fly the X-57. >> >> The aircraft is expected to have a maximum operational altitude of 14,000ft >> or 4.2km, well below the 45,000ft or 13km of commercial airliners. >> >> NASA hopes the project will help develop the technology to a standard which >> could be adapted by commercial manufacturers to meet government standards. >> >> These standards will include how airworthy and safe the plane is, as well as >> how energy efficient and noisy it could be. >> >> Brent Cobleigh, a project manager at NASA's flight research centre, told >> Reuters: "We're focusing on things that can help the whole industry, not >> just one company. >> >> "Our target right now is to fly this airplane in late 2020." >> [© msn.com] >> >> >> + >> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/drones-will-swarm-our-skies-when-these-3-things-happen/ar-BBWxUgP >> Drones will swarm our skies when these 3 things happen >> 20191106 ... mainstream models like the DJI Mavic. This one is Boeing's >> Cargo Air Vehicle ... Uber Eats meal delivery drone prototype is designed to >> take off vertically then pivot its propellers for more efficient forward >> flight ... >> https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBWxUel.img >> >> >> >> >> For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: >> http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> >> >> {brucedp.neocities.org} >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html >> INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
