X-57 Maxwell - NASA
Feb 14, 2024 · NASA’s X-57 Maxwell all electric aircraft has power! With the successful installation of two 400-pound lithium-ion battery packs in the cabin of the plane. The X-57 project is the agency’s first all-experimental electric aircraft, and an early part of NASA’s work to develop sustainable aviation solutions.
X-57 Maxwell Overview - NASA
Sep 13, 2018 · NASA’s X-57 “Maxwell” is the agency’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane, and is NASA’s first crewed X-plane in two decades. The primary goal of the X-57 project is to share the aircraft’s electric-propulsion-focused design and airworthiness process with regulators, which will advance certification approaches for ...
X-57 Maxwell - NASA
What is the X-57? A small, experimental airplane powered by electricity! All-electric technology will make flying cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable.
X-57 Technical Papers - NASA
Sep 2, 2021 · The X-57 is an experimental aircraft designed to demonstrate radically improved aircraft efficiency with a 3.5 times aero-propulsive efficiency gain at a “high-speed cruise” flight condition for comparable general aviation aircraft. These gains are enabled by integrating the design of a new, optimized wing and a new electric propulsion system.
X-57 Project Creates Paths Toward Electric Aviation - NASA
Jun 23, 2023 · The principal goals of the X-57 Project are to share the X-57 design and airworthiness process with regulators and standards organizations; and to establish the X-57 as a reference platform for integrated approaches of distributed electric propulsion technologies.
NASA’s X-57 Maxwell Powers Up
Oct 19, 2022 · NASA’s X-57 Maxwell all electric aircraft has power! With the successful installation of two 400-pound lithium-ion battery packs in the cabin of the plane. The X-57 project is the agency’s first all-experimental electric aircraft, and an early part of NASA’s work to develop sustainable aviation solutions.
X-57 Maxwell – SACD - NASA
Sep 13, 2024 · NASA’s X-57 Maxwell was an all-electric experimental aircraft designed to demonstrate multiple cutting-edge technologies. The goal of the X-57 was to demonstrate that an all-electric airplane can be more efficient, quieter, and more environmentally friendly than airplanes powered by traditional gas piston-engines.
NASA’s X-57 Maxwell is Major Step Closer to Flight Readiness
Feb 3, 2023 · NASA’s X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft reached another milestone toward its first flight with the successful thermal testing of its cruise motor controllers.
NASA's X-57 Electric Research Plane - NASA
Jun 17, 2016 · This concept image illustrates NASA's X-57 plane in flight. With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane …
§X-57 power inverters (CMCs) maintain efficiency of 98% at peak loading conditions to enable passive air cooling §Each CMC must reliably control up to 39 kW nominally