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The NASA Fully Electric Airplane Tests Will Evaluate The Applicability Of High-Voltage Batteries For The Electrical Propulsion System Of The Plane
NASA is preparing to conduct a high-voltage test on its experimental electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell. A fully electric airplane that has been developed to demonstrate technology for reducing fuel, noise, and emissions, by NASA.
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Tests On The Electric Part Of The X-57: The Electric Airplane
Previously conducted at low power, the new tests on NASA’s electric airplane include operating the aircraft at maximum capacity.
The first two cruise electric motors of the electric airplane, named X-57, were manufactured by ESAero (Empirical Systems Aerospace). The motors enable the propellers to spin as expected. The investments from NASA in aviation focus on a system called Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP).
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Following many structural ground tests, electric airplane X-57, in its first configuration as an electric aircraft called Mod II, uses a battery support system, allowing engineers to verify startup sequence, shutdown, and new motor control software.
This software was developed recently, along with other critical components, by ESAero, based on tests that have already been conducted. This company, located in San Luis Obispo, California, is the main contractor for the project.
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