Last week, the Spirit of Innovation model took to the skies at the Department of Defense test site
The release of the model was announced three years ago.Initially, the Spirit of Innovation model was planned to be the world's fastest electric aircraft, which would develop a speed of 338 km / h, but its maximum speed is almost twice as high. The aircraft is propelled by an all-electric 500 hp transmission. (400 kW) and a rechargeable battery of 6,000 cells - it would be enough to simultaneously charge 7,500 smartphones. It is considered to be the most energy-intensive of those that have ever been integrated into an airplane.
Rolls-royce
Spirit of Innovation Completes First Trialsback in March, and in September a more difficult phase of testing began. The last flight at Boscome Down AFB in Wiltshire of the UK Department of Defense ended with the setting of new world records.
Rolls-Royce claims that the company's aircraftexceeded the previous record, which was set by the Siemens electric plane in 2017. The aircraft also broke individual records at distances of 3 and 15 km and for speed of climb to 3,000 m (it took Spirit of Innovation 202 seconds, beating the previous record holder by a minute). Also, during test flights, the electric plane accelerated to 623 km/h. According to Rolls-Royce, this is faster than any electric vehicle in the world. All records are submitted to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (International Aeronautical Federation) for official certification.
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