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Cirium, Partners powering ahead with E-Fan X, Flight International, 4-10 February 2020, p 17]
In UK, the Airbus E-Fan X project partnered with Rolls-Royce is proceeding with a BAE Systems Avro RJ100 aircraft now stationed at Cranfield for one of its LF507 jet engines to be replaced with a 2 MW electric fan powered by a 2.5 MW generator driven by a Rolls-Royce AE 2100 turboshaft located aft, together with 2 tonnes of Li-ion batteries. Individual components are already under test, and the technology is targeted to be complete by 2030.
Abstract details
Journal title: Flight International
Keywords: 4 Propulsion - 4.3 Hybrid vehicles
Subjects: Electric vehicles, Sustainability, Hybrid vehicles, Electric aircraft
