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Daedalus, developed at MIT by Aurora’s founders, holds the world record human powered flight
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First contract was a NASA SBIR contract for an electrical aircraft propulsion system
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Challenges of Electric Aircraft Organizational
Technology • • • •
Breguet range equation Energy density Power density Distribution system efficiency
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Supply chain Regulation and certification Infrastructure Community acceptance Multi-disciplinary workforce
Integration • • •
Suitability of COTS components System safety Life cycle impacts
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Batteries give reasonable range today assuming a winged eVTOL
Packaging overhead
2018 50km radius
Note: Assumes 1 ton, winged concept with 20% battery mass fraction, 5% yoy battery specific energy improvement Copyright Š 2020 Boeing. All rights reserved.
2025 90km radius
Thermal management is a coupled challenge
LightningStrike VTOL X-Plane eVTOL
Battery thermal management for all-electric ~100 W Copyright Š 2020 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Heat rejection requirements for MW-Scale electric power systems ~100 kW
Cryo-cooling required for superconducting concepts ~1 MW with cryo-cooling
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