Wind Tunnel Tests Advance France’s EcoPulse Hybrid-Electric Testbed

Graham Warwick June 11, 2021
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The intake for air to cool the 50-kW electric motor is in the center of the propeller hub.
Credit: Neil Philips / Beetroot / Airbus
Airbus has completed wind tunnel tests of a full-size propulsion unit for the EcoPulse distributed hybrid-electric propulsion flight demonstrator being developed with Daher and Safran. The tests at Airbus UK in Filton, England, evaluated the complete assembly of the Safran electric engine, Airbus...
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