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List of electric aircraft

This is a list of electric aircraft, whose primary flight power is electrical.

TypeCountryAircraft ClassPower SourceDateStatusNotes
ACS-Itaipu Sora-EBrazilFixed WingBattery2015Project abandoned
Airbus A³ VahanaUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2018CancelledRetired December 2019 to focus on CityAirbus development.
Airbus E-FanFranceFixed WingBattery2014CancelledCo-developed with Aero Composite Saintonge.[1]
APEV PouchelecFranceFixed Wing kitBattery2009Kit and plans no longer available as of 2018Development of the Pouchel Light
Aurore MB 02 SouricetteFranceFixed Wing kitBattery2007Plans widely available
AutoGyro eCavalonGermanyRotorcraftBattery2013Prototype
Beta AVAUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2019PrototypeTesting and preparing serial production.[2]
Beta ALIA CX300United StatesFixed WingBattery2024PrototypeTesting and preparing serial production.[3]
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2United StatesFixed WingBattery2016Project
Cessna 172 electricUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2010Demonstrator only[4][5] On 19 October 2012 Beyond Aviation announced that it had flown an electric Cessna 172 Skyhawk.[6]
Cessna 208 eCaravanUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2020PrototypeCurrently undergoing testing prior to certification.[7]
CityAirbusMultinationaleVTOLBattery2019Prototype
e-GeniusGermanyBattery2011Prototype
Electravia Electro TrikeFranceUltralightBattery2008Prototype[8]
Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer TrikeUnited StatesUltralightBattery2007UnknownUltralight. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft.[9][10][citation needed]
Eviation AliceIsraelFixed WingBattery2022Cancelled2 pilot + 9 passenger, 444 km/h cruise and 1,367 km range[11]
Flightstar e-SpyderUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2009Ultralight KitConverted Flightstar Sportstar Spyder. Also offered as the Greenwing GW280 and Yuneec eSpyder.[12]
Joby Aviation S4United StatesFixed WingBattery2017Prototype
La FranceFranceAirshipBattery1884Prototype
MacCready Gossamer PenguinUnited StatesFixed WingSolar1980Prototype
MacCready Solar ChallengerUnited StatesFixed WingSolar1981PrototypeFlew 262 km (163 mi) from Paris to England.[13]
Mauro Solar RiserUnited StatesFixed WingSolar1979PrototypeFirst manned, solar-powered airplane. Based on the UFM Easy Riser. Solar cells charged battery for flight.[14]
Militky MB-E1West GermanyFixed WingBattery1973PrototypeFirst manned airplane to fly solely on electric power.[15]
NASA X-57 MaxwellUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2016ProjectModified Tecnam P2006T.[16][17]
Opener BlackFlyUnited StatesFixed WingBattery2011Prototype
PC-Aero Elektra OneGermanyFixed WingSolar2011Project
Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec PKZ-1HungaryRotorcraftCable1917PrototypeTethered with a cable providing power.
Pipistrel Alpha ElectroSloveniaFixed WingBattery2011ProductionElectric version of the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer.
Pipistrel Velis ElectroSloveniaFixed WingBattery2020ProductionType certified. Based on the Pipistrel Virus
Rolls-Royce ACCELUnited KingdomFixed WingBattery2021Prototype
Solair 1GermanyFixed WingSolar1983PrototypeDeveloped from a Farner canard design.[18][19] The Solair II flew 1998.[19]
Solar ImpulseSwitzerlandFixed WingSolar2009Prototype
Solar Impulse 2SwitzerlandFixed WingSolar2015PrototypeFirst round-the-world flight by an electric aircraft.[citation needed]
Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar OneUnited KingdomFixed WingSolar1979PrototypeSolar cells charged battery for flight.[20][21][22]
SolarStratosSwitzerlandFixed WingBattery+Solar2017Prototype
Solution F/Chretien HelicopterFranceRotorcraftBattery2011PrototypeFirst free-flying manned electric helicopter.[23][24]
Sunseeker DuoUnited StatesFixed WingSolar2013Prototype
TissandierFranceAirshipBattery1883PrototypeFirst electric powered aircraft.[25]
Ultraflight Lazair ElectricCanadaFixed WingBattery2011Prototype[26]
VolocopterGermanyRotorcraftBattery2008Cancelled
Yuneec International E430ChinaFixed WingBattery2009ProductionHomebuilt aircraft.

References

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  1. ↑ Bertorelli, Paul (2014-04-24). "Airbus Announces Electric Aircraft". Avweb. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  2. ↑ Elan Head (2019-02-07). "Behind the controls of an eVTOL aircraft: A test pilot's perspective". Vermont: Vertical Mag.
  3. ↑ "Air New Zealand and BETA Technologies launch first electric aircraft programme". Vermont. The BETA ALIA CX300 is a battery-electric aircraft manufactured by BETA Technologies, based in Vermont, USA. The aircraft can accommodate two crew and up to 5.6 cubic metres (200 cubic feet) of cargo on missions up to approximately 398 kilometres (215 nautical miles)
  4. ↑ Grady, Mary (October 2010). "Electric 172 May Fly Early Next Year". AvWeb. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Bye Energy - The Green Flight Project". byeenergy.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Electric Cessna Makes Multiple Flights on Lithium Batteries". Evworld.Com. 2012-10-19. Archived from the original on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  7. ↑ Jon Hemmerdinger (29 May 2020). "All-electric Grand Caravan makes maiden flight". Flightglobal.
  8. ↑ "Test Flug mit dem ElectroTrike" (PDF).
  9. ↑ Grady, Mary (April 2008). "Electraflyer Flies Trike, Motorglider On Battery Power". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  10. ↑ Electric Aircraft Corporation (2007). "ElectraFlyer Technical details". Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  11. ↑ "'World's first' fully-electric plane unveiled by Israeli company". Israel National News. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  12. ↑ Nantes, Axelles. "Citel". www.evhangar.com.
  13. ↑ Goebel, Greg (January 2009). "SOLAR-POWERED UAVS: HALSOL & SOLAR HAPP". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  14. ↑ Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (2008). "UFM/MAURO SOLAR RISER". Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  15. ↑ Taylor, John W R (1974). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 573. ISBN 0-354-00502-2.
  16. ↑ Grady, Mary (18 March 2015). "NASA's Electric Airplane Project Moves Forward". avweb.com. Aviation Publishing Group. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Beutel, Allard (2016-06-17). "NASA Electric Research Plane Gets X Number, New Name". NASA. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  18. ↑ Noth, André (July 2008). "History of Solar Flight" (PDF). Autonomous Systems Lab. Zürich: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2010. Günter Rochelt was the designer and builder of Solair I, a 16 m wingspan solar airplane ... 21st of August 1983 he flew in Solair I, mostly on solar energy and also thermals, during 5 hours 41 minutes.
  19. 1 2 Khammas, Achmed A. W. (2007). "Elektro- und Solarflugzeuge (1960 - 1996)". Buch der Synergie (in German). Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010. exakt 2.499 Solarzellen ausgestattet, die eine Leistung von 2,2 kW
  20. ↑ AIAA/SAE/ASME 20th Joint Propulsion Conference (1984). "AIAA paper 84-1429" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ↑ Solar Challenger (1980). "Solar Challenger" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  22. ↑ Flightglobal Archive (1979). "UK's first solar aircraft takes off". Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  23. ↑ "Challenges of Aircraft Hybridization". IDTechEx. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  24. ↑ "Vertiflite, March/April 2012 - AHS Online Store". Vtol.org. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  25. ↑ Renard, Charles; Arthur Constantin Krebs; Hervé Mangon (1884-08-18). "Académie des Sciences / séance du 18 août 1884 / Navigation Aérienne – Sur un aérostat dirigeable" (in French). French Academy of Sciences. 1884 ... l'année dernière par M. Tissandier, qui le premier a appliqué l'électricité à la propulsion des ballons
  26. ↑ Sigler, Dean: Dale Kramer and his electric Lazair, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, pages 31-35. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
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