Airbus presents E- plane "E - Fan" brings peace and quiet at airports
Noise pollution is one of the downsides of aviation. Airbus is working on the solution and has been modified to first test flights an electric airplane before . At his technology to be tested, which could also make regional aircraft quieter future . Charts
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Come to the electric car now , the electric plane? The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company , Airbus has unveiled a small propeller aircraft flying exclusively with energy from batteries. A few weeks after the successful maiden flight, the hopes are high that the up to 220 kilometers per hour "E - Fan" can be used as a training aircraft for young drivers soon.
Already 2017 the nearly seven -meter-long two-seater go at a new plant in Bordeaux in series production. In Berlin, the test flyer is expected in a few weeks. Is "E - Fan" forward-looking?
For really big breakthrough as a new drive technology for aircraft is the electric motor , however, probably will not help the "E - Fan" . Takes you thanks to lightweight materials just 500 kg on the scales and not stay longer than an hour in the air. By comparison, the A380 wide-body aircraft is about 550 times as heavy as the "E - Fan" with around 275 tons. And he is expected to fly around 15,000 miles.
Still could work on the " " E - Fan " be forward-looking. Airbus can imagine, in the medium term to equip smaller regional aircraft with hybrid drives. An electric drive could thereby reduce the noise and exhaust emissions during starting with zero. At high altitudes , where the noise does not disturb more residents, a conventional jet engine would then be used. The "E - Fan " project will eventually lead to a more economical and more efficient aircraft technology, said Airbus chief engineer Jean Botti . "E - Fan" at the ILA
The aviation industry has set itself the goal to become much cleaner in 2050 . A so-called " roadmap " aims among other things to a reduction of CO2 emissions from aircraft by 75 percent and noise by 65 percent - compared with the values ??of 2000. More about
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For some time testing Airbus and U.S. rival Boeing bio- fuels. You are currently considered one of the most efficient ways to improve the CO2 balance of aviation. In Germany, to be presented in May at the International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (ILA ) in Berlin the "E - Fan" . Without a drop of gasoline
What is possible with electric drives in air, even the aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard had shown last . He and his partner André Borschberg laid in 2013 with a solar plane around 5,000 miles from San Francisco to New York in several segments back . They traveled Although only about 50 kilometers per hour - but without a drop of gasoline.
The four ten - horsepower engines under the wings were driven solely by solar cells. In the coming year Piccard wants to break up with a further development of the aircraft to an Earth orbit.
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