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STATE OF THE ART ofAVIATION ELECTRIC PROPULSION

at PIPISTRELFrom 40 to 200 kW

battery, ICE hybrid and Fuel Cell technology

2007Taurus Electro

40kW 7kWh

Specific challenge: a pilot-friendly systemSpecific challenge: a pilot-friendly system

2011Taurus G4

150kW 96kWh

Specific challenge: half-ton Li-Po batterySpecific challenge: half-ton Li-Po battery

2015Alpha Electro

60kW 22 kWh

WATTsUP project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme undergrant agreement No 683959

Specific challenge: regulationsSpecific challenge: regulations

© Siemens AG

2016ELECTRIC PROPULSION BATTERY

for Siemens Extra 330LE

© Siemens AG

Specific challenge: high G and power profilesSpecific challenge: high G and power profiles

Towards hybrids - more range for electric aircraft

Hybrid-powered mission profile

Hybrid flight and power generation

HYPSTAIR Serial hybrid drive components

200 KW MTOPelectric motor

4 inverters for afail-safe design

100 KW generator for chargingbatteries/powering the motor

Turbonormalized ICEas Range Extender

HYPSTAIR Installation platform concept

Low rpm propellerdesign

HMI integration with modifieddashboard and controls

Motor / generator mount with sameattachment points as ICE engine

Fuselage with few modificationsrequired for hybrid powertrain

Modified wing structure forbattery system integration

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research,technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 605305

Functional testing

Safety testing

2016HY4 project

© Jean Marie Urlacher

Specific challenge: integrate FC in a hybrid powertrain for a 4-seat acSpecific challenge: integrate FC in a hybrid powertrain for a 4-seat ac

© Jean Marie Urlacher

„The purpose of flight research is to separate the realfrom the imagined problems and to make known theoverlooked and the unexpected“!Hugh L. Dryden