Artist’s impression of the ‘Electric Flight Demonstrator’
Artist’s impression of the ‘Electric Flight Demonstrator’
While previously, only small, battery-powered aircraft have been in operation, with small, hybrid-electric aircraft undergoing flight tests, DLR is now working with industry partners Siemens, MTU Aero Engines and RUAG Aviation to prepare a feasibility study for a 19-seat test aircraft based on a Dornier DO 228. The study shows that there are good prospects of success for converting and testing a national ‘Electric Flight Demonstrator’ with a completely electric propulsion system in the 500-kilowatt power class. The development stages would be battery-powered flight and hybrid-electric operation with an additional gas turbine generator.
