Fully Charged | Airbus E-Fan [Video]

In this weeks episode of Fully Charged Robert Llewellyn gets a VIP invitation to witness the Aibus E-Fan battery powered electrical flat cross the English Channel.

First flown inwards Apr 2014, the plug-in flat is powered yesteryear 2 electrical motors amongst a combined ability of threescore kilowatts each driving a variable pitch fan providing a static thrust of 1.5 kN which is an applied scientific discipline starting fourth dimension on an electrically powered aircraft.

The motors are inwards plow powered yesteryear a 250V lithium polymer battery pack made yesteryear South Korean society Kokam. The batteries are housed inside the inboard business office of the wings parallel to the cockpit providing an endurance of betwixt 45 minutes as well as 1 hour.

The batteries tin survive recharged inwards ane hour.

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