Blogs

9-aug-b.png
1 person likes this.
Mario Asselin, author of Operational Aircraft Performance and Flight Test Practices and An Introduction to Aircraft Performance , discusses the emerging market of electric aircraft, why the current airport model is set up for “old technology”, and how this affects electric aircraft missions and airport procedures. MISSION PROFILES FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED AIRPLANES People always try to fit electric airplanes into the ‘known’ profile for turboprop or jet airplanes ie. fly at high altitude as much as possible to minimize fuel burn… One must remember that this flight profile was developed ‘because’ of the economics of the gas turbine and that low ...
1 comment