Presentation
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2001: project announcement |
Manufacturer |
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Technology provider |
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Partner |
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Vehicle
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Two seater, all-carbon build airplane: DynAero Lafayette III |
Status
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Ongoing project |
Passenger capacity
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2 |
Size, weight
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Propulsion concept
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Electric powered airplane: first version of the e-plane should be powered by advanced high density Li-Ion batteries, the first fuel cell e-plane is planned to be operated by a 10-15 kW PEMFC and batteries; the final version should be operated by hydrogen fulled PEMFC.
Li-Ion batteries should serve as emergency power.
Developer of the 53 kWe electric motor is UQM Corp
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Fuel
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Hydrogen
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Storage
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Hydrogen tank |
Range, consumption
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the battery e-plane version (equipped with Li-Ion batteries) should have a range of 160 km;
the first FC e-plane should be able to fly 400 km;
the range of the final FC e-plane is targeted to be 800 km
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Top speed, acceleration |
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Approval
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Operation
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Goals
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Costs, prices
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Funding
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400,000 US$ funded by NASA; FASTec |
Source, link
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Comments
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