In 2015, NASA researchers were ground testing a 31 ft (9.4 m) span, carbon composite wing section with 18 electric motors powered by lithium iron phosphate batteries. Preliminary testing up to 40 mph (64 km/h; 35 kn) took place in January at …

Feb 14, 2024 · NASA’s X-57 Maxwell all electric aircraft has power! With the successful installation of two 400-pound lithium-ion battery packs in the cabin of the plane. The X-57 project is the agency’s first all-experimental electric aircraft, and an early part of NASA’s work to develop sustainable aviation solutions.

Sep 13, 2018 · This artist’s concept of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell aircraft shows the plane’s specially designed wing and 14 electric motors. NASA’s X-57 “Maxwell” is the agency’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane, and is NASA’s first crewed X-plane in two decades.

Sep 2, 2021 · Abstract: An innovative thermal management solution was conceptualized, built and tested for the X57 Maxwell electric airplane. A combination of commercial CFD codes and bespoke thermal modeling tools were employed to rapidly develop a structurally-integral power electronics heat sink.

Nov 20, 2022 · These X-planes range from X-1, which is the aircraft Chuck Yeager used to break the sound barrier to unmanned aircraft, to the X-62 VISTA used for testing fighter aircraft systems on a modified F-16 Viper fighter jet.

Nov 18, 2024 · Purpose: The X-7 was an unmanned aircraft designed to test high-speed ramjet propulsion for missile applications, reaching up to Mach 4. Technical Specifications: Its ramjet engine enabled it to explore supersonic propulsion and missile guidance technology.

What is the X-57? A small, experimental airplane powered by electricity! All-electric technology will make flying cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable. X-planes are experimental U.S. airplanes and rockets that test new technologies and aerodynamic concepts.

All-electric technology will make flying cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable. Electric power is efficient and reliable. Electric motors can be placed anywhere on the plane to improve efficiency. An Italian Tecnam P2006T aircraft will be modified with an electric propulsion system.

Publish X-57 design artifacts such as analyses, instrumented flight data, outer mold line data file, in-flight DEP acoustic profile. Assessed TRL dropped for many major subsystems after project initiation due to focus on domestic suppliers. Despite challenges, the X-57 made enormous headway in TRL advancement during the subproject.

Named after Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, the aircraft is being developed with an aim to demonstrate technology that would reduce fuel usage, emissions and noise.