Collins To Deliver Motor To P&WC For Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator

Graham Warwick September 12, 2022
Pratt & Whitney Canada
One of the Dash 8-100’s turboprop engines will be replaced with a parallel hybrid-electric powertrain, with batteries in a fuselage-side fairing.
Credit: Pratt & Whitney Canada
Collins Aerospace is preparing to deliver the first 1-megawatt electric motor system to Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) for the sister companies’ Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator, a modified De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 regional turboprop. The motor and its controller have been...
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