Electric airplane5/3/2023 ![]() As for the seat itself, in June The New York Times described it as “tight fit, even for the average-sized person.” Bloomberg reported earlier this month that Thrun himself plans to be the first passenger. He expects the interface for the passenger to be minimal, but will include a way to deploy an emergency ballistic parachute that can lower the entire plane to the ground. That raises the question: Will a person feel comfortable climbing in a small, autonomous electric aircraft solo? “We don’t know,” Thrun says, but cites the fact that humans have become used to other forms of potentially frightening technology, from elevators to the type of uncrewed trains that carry people from terminal to terminal at airports. (Wisk is a joint venture between Kitty Hawk and Boeing, and Thrun is on the board Wisk and Archer are also engaged in a legal dispute.) And an autonomous vehicle made by Wisk, called Cora, holds two passengers. Another from Archer-which has not flown yet-is designed to hold two for now. Joby’s aircraft holds four passengers and a pilot. That’s a typical model for how electric air taxis would work, but what’s interesting about Heaviside and Kitty Hawk is that it would be a flying Uber for just one person. ![]() The Sunseeker II was built in 2002.For a passenger who wants to someday book passage in an aircraft like Heaviside, they’d do so through an app. įirst free-flying manned electric helicopter. Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One įirst round-the-world trip by an electric aircraft. The 2010 redesign holds the UAV endurance record of over 2 weeks (336 hours). The G4 won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011. New Concept Aircraft (Zhuhai) Green Pioneer ΙĮlectric version of the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer. Followed by the MIT Monarch 2.ĭeveloped by AeroVironment, Inc from the HALSOL prototype. ![]() įirst manned airplane to fly solely on electric power. Matsushita / Tokyo Institute of Technology aircraftįirst manned, solar-powered airplane. Two-seater (5 planned from 2025) vertical take-off and landing air taxi prototype įlown for press demonstration at Muroc Dry Lake (NASA Dryden flight research center adjacent to Edwards Air Force base.) įlew 262 km (163 mi) from Paris to England. ![]() First electric aircraft to obtain a certificate of airworthiness. Self-launching is now possible, making it a full electric engine with lithium-battery powered aircraft. Full certification obtained in December 2020. Aircraft sold since 2016 under temporary Airworthiness Certification (and self-launching not allowed). Also offered as the Greenwing GW280 and Yuneec eSpyder. First registered aircraft in the world powered by electric engine and with batteries. Two-seater vertical take-off and landing air taxi prototype Įlectric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-CĬonverted Monnett Moni motor glider. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft. Įlectric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer Trike Ĭurrently undergoing testing prior to certification. On 19 October 2012 Beyond Aviation announced that it had flown an electric Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The Demoichelle Flew in Le Bourget for the 2010 Paris electric aeroplanes airshow. Ģ pilot + 9 passenger, 444 km/h cruise and 1,367 km range įirst production electric aircraft. Under evaluation by Mokulele Airlines and Loganair. Ĭo-developed with Aero Composite Saintonge. įirst large-scale all-electric tilt-rotor. įirst around-the-clock flight, at night using energy stored in batteries. This is a list of electric aircraft, whose primary flight power is electrical.
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