With its 3,000-square-meter test area, we now have the infrastructure to move the transition to emission-neutral flight forward at an even faster pace.”Īirbus also recently announced a new battery lab at its Airbus China Innovation Center, which will help develop high-performance and safe battery technology for eVTOL air taxis. So,” explained E-Fan X demonstrator lead Olivier Maillard.Īirbus chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini said the E-Aircraft System House “represents a real competitive advantage for Airbus. Preparation for the E-Fan X’s first flight, scheduled for 2021.Ģ MW enough power? How will altitude and speed affect this power? We need toįind solutions to both of these questions, and the EAS House will help us to do Motor arrives at the EAS House, Airbus said it will undergo rigorous testing in Is expected to deliver the electric motor to Airbus in early 2020. The target market was intended to be pilot training, but production of the aircraft was cancelled in April 2017. It was flown in front of the world press at the Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom in July 2014. Airbus CTO Grazia Vittadini inaugurates the EAS House alongside Ilse Aigner, president of the Bavarian State Parliament. The Airbus E-Fan is a prototype two-seater electric aircraft that was under development by Airbus. One of the four engines in this aeroplane is replaced with an electric motor and a. Based on a BAe 146, the test aircraft will have one of its four gas turbines replaced with a 2-MW electric motor. The project, called E-Fan X, will take the BAe 146 airplane and replace its gas turbine engines with electric motors to create a hybrid electric airplane. An example is the Airbus E-fan X, which Melkert thinks will fly in 2020. That includes testing of the electric motor for the E-Fan X, the hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrator being developed by Airbus in partnership with Rolls-Royce and Siemens. Motors for unmanned flying taxis to hybrid-electric engines for the commercial To Martin Nüsseler, head of E-Aircraft Systems for Airbus, the EAS House is “where Premises, and develop its own low-emission alternative propulsion units. Test the latest electric motors and hybrid-electric engines directly on its own Airbus said the 50-million-euro facility will allow it to Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens team up for electric future Partnership launches E-Fan X hybrid-electric flight demonstratorAirbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft. Airbus Photoģ,000-square-meter (32,300-square foot) test house is located in Ottobrunn, Airbus’s E-Aircraft System House is Europe’s largest test facility dedicated to alternative propulsion systems and fuels. However, Mr Stein said that the technology developed by Rolls-Royce during the E-Fan X project will be taken forward.Has officially opened its new E-Aircraft System (EAS) House, described by theĪircraft manufacturer as Europe’s largest test facility dedicated toĪlternative propulsion systems and fuels. “We thank Airbus and all of our respective partners for their co-operation and support over the last three years.” “So, as a result of that joint decision we have agreed that the actual E-Fan X programme will now conclude.
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“As an aircraft, E-Fan X was always designed to be a demonstrator only and never for actual use as a product in service. “As with all such leading-edge programmes, we constantly evaluate the best way forward and it has become clear to both parties that the actual requirement to carry out a test flight with all the elements integrated is not critical at this time.
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The partnership between Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator with the future potential to move regional travel from rail to air at cruising speeds that match current aircraft. Paul Stein, Rolls-Royce’s chief technology officer, said: “What has been particularly encouraging has been the amount of industry interest and support for this programme, and I know everyone at Rolls-Royce and Airbus has been truly grateful for that. A rendering of E-Fan X, based on a BAe 146 aircraft.
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Paul Stein, chief technology officer at Rolls-Royce (Image: Rolls-Royce)