Accel • Electroflight's quickest yet (300Kt)

[Garfly]

Built just to break the record, it's now destined for the Science Museum.

(Its batteries are already last gen.)

 

YT description:

"Recording an eye watering 345 mph, the Accel Plane is officially the fastest electric vehicle on the planet! Before it retires to the Science Museum, Imogen and Robert wanted to meet the team from Rolls Royce, Evolito, Yasa and Electroflight to find out how they've made electric flight take off! From axial flux motors, advanced cooling and packing staggering amounts of torque - this plane is choc-a-bloc with astounding technologies that are paving the way to mainstream electric aviation."

 

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by Garfly

[Marty_d]

Why is it retiring??

[Garfly]

I gather it's because as a practical working (or playing) aircraft it's not much use ... built just to break a record (like Campbell's Bluebird), to experiment with the tech and to attract publicity. As the guy in the film says those battery cells have already been superseded.

[Area-51]

Its just a proofing platform.

 

A fair achievement... 300kt, must at least be punching out 300hp, for 8 minutes... T/O, gear up, punch full power, reach target speed, turn around, call 10m final, gear down, land to rolling stop...