Russia is developing a potentially revolutionary aircraft motor. As it became known, the plane equipped with them began ground tests.
They started in Novosibirsk. The electric motor with the power supply turned on the runway runs along the runway. As part of this stage, experts checked the performance of the aircraft's power plant, as well as a number of other systems.
During tests, the correctness of the selected technical solutions was confirmed. Among other things, engineers analyzed the conditions for electromagnetic compatibility of onboard and superconducting equipment. The main modes of operation of the electric motor and its components were checked.
Recall that the installation of a new engine on Yak-40 became known in December. Before that, the power plant passed a number of poster ground tests. Successful tests open the way to the first flight of a flying laboratory, which, as stated earlier, can take place this year.
The experimental aircraft was built on the basis of turbojet passenger Yak-40. Instead of one of the three engines located in the tail, the plane received a turbo gas turbine with an electric generator.
The promising electric motor installed in the nose was developed by SUPEROKS CJSC under a contract with FPI (advanced research fund): the project received the "contour" designation. A flying laboratory was created in the Chaplygin Siberian Research Institute.
Thanks to the use of superconductible technologies, you can provide a higher current density and significantly improve the main characteristics of the electric motor.
The technology under study allows you to provide a double increase in the specific power of the electric motor, as well as reduce fuel consumption when used as a hybrid power plant. In the future, the technology can be used to create completely electrical aircraft and helicopters.
Development of hybrid aircraft - an extremely popular destination in our day. Recall, last year, the British Electric Aviation Group presented the project of a hybrid airliner, designed for 70 passengers. It is assumed that on the basis of it, you can build a completely electrical caught car.
Source: Naked Science