Elektrosamolet Airbus E-Fan

April 25, 2014 in France has successfully completed its first demonstration flight elektrosamolet corporation Airbus - E-Fan, whose engines are operated exclusively with energy from the batteries. Having started from the airport Marignac Bordeaux , he was in the air just 10 minutes.Elektrosamolet Airbus engineers developed in conjunction with specialists from the company Aero Composites Saintonge - ACS, and the General Administration of Civil Aviation of France (DGAC). First prototype was shown to experts and the general public in 2013 Air Show in Le Bourget .

Elektrosamolet small size - it has a length of only 6.7 meters with a wingspan of 9.5 meters. Double machine is not designed for long-haul flights . Capacity lithium polymer batteries still have enough for the operation of two electric motors with a total capacity of 60 kW for about 30 minutes , but Airbus is trying to bring the flight duration up to 1 hour . In the words of Botti , batteries - the biggest source of headaches for designers.To conserve power while taxiing on the runway, one of the landing wheels equipped with its own small electric motor that allows you to move at speeds up to 55 km / h .Speed ​​E-Fan in the air reaches 177 km / h. According to Airbus, the plane can be used for short-term missions : to train pilots , towing gliders or to perform aerobatics . The company plans to issue serial elektrosamoleta , which may start at a factory in Bordeaux at the end of 2017.