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A NASA Approach to Safety Considerations for Electric Propulsion Aircraft TestbedsElectric, hybrid-electric, and turbo-electric distributed propulsion technologies and concepts are beginning to gain traction in the aircraft design community, as they can provide improvements in operating costs, noise, fuel consumption, and emissions compared to conventional internal combustion or Brayton-cycle powered vehicles. NASA is building multiple demonstrators and testbeds to buy down airworthiness and flight safety risks for these new technologies, including X-57 Maxwell, HEIST, Airvolt, and NEAT.
Document ID
20170006610
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Papathakis, Kurt V. (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, CA United States)
Sessions, Alaric M. (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, CA United States)
Burkhardt, Phillip A. (Jacobs Technology, Inc. Edwards AFB, CA, United States)
Ehmann, David W. (Jacobs Technology, Inc. Edwards AFB, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
July 18, 2017
Publication Date
July 10, 2017
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
AFRC-E-DAA-TN41861
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum 2017
Location: Atlanta, GA
Country: United States
Start Date: July 10, 2017
End Date: July 12, 2017
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NND08RR01B
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
electric propulsion
test facilities

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