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"British luxury automaker and engineering company Rolls-Royce says it has
completed the maiden flight of its all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’
aircraft, boasting a powerful 400kW electric powertrain with what the company
claims is “the most power-dense battery pack ever assembled for an aircraft.”
The Rolls-Royce ‘Spirit of Innovation’ took off from the UK Ministry of
Defence’s Boscombe Down site on September 15 and completed a flight of
approximately 15 minutes. The landmark test comes several months after the
company successfully taxied the ‘Spirit of Innovation’ along a runway.
The ‘Spirit of Innovation’ is being developed under the banner of Rolls-Royce’s
Accelerating the Electrification of Flight (ACCEL) programme, which includes
key partners YASA, the electric motor and controller manufacturer, and aviation
start-up Electroflight.
Rolls-Royce hopes that the ‘Spirit of Innovation’ will be able to reach speeds
over 480km/h (300mph) – a target the company is aiming to hit as part of a
world record attempt."
Via John Mitchell at Cogent.co.
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