Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
According to mechanics, aircraft equipped with electric motors and batteries do not facilitate smooth aircraft movement. First of all, the battery is heavy, and the aircraft powered by a battery does not fly stably at a regular speed for a long time. Obviously equipping an aircraft with electric motor and battery is not a good way to improve aircraft flight efficiency.
However, this did not prevent Harbour Air from planning to use the electric drive system from magniX known as the all-electric magniX propulsion system in its short-haul seaplane fleet. In some cases, the magniX system will replace an internal combustion engine that has been in use in its aircraft for more than 50 years.
On 26 May 2019, Harbour Air announced that it has established the partnership with magniX to develop the world's first all-electric aircraft or ePlane with the objective to provide clean, efficient and affordable electric air travel.
The first aircraft to be converted into an ePlane is Harbour Air's DHC-2 de Haviland Beaver, a six-passenger commercial aircraft used across Harbour Air's route network. Harbour Air and magniX expect to conduct first flight tests of the ePlane in late 2019.
The ePlane has zero reliance on fossil fuels and produces zero emissions, a significant step forward in the innovation and advancement of the airline industry.
The upgraded aircraft of Harbour Air will be equipped with a 200 kWh battery, and its magni500 electric motor will produce 750 horsepower all-electric output in approximately 2,075 feet. This will allow the aircraft to have an estimated flight time of 30 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of spare time.
Harbour Air's seaplanes fly from Vancouver to the outlying islands of British Columbia in Canada. Most of the time, the 30-minute flight time for the electric engines should be sufficient. The company estimates that these short flights will account for 70 per cent of its 30,000 flights annually.
Harbour Air currently operates 42 seaplanes in Vancouver and Seattle. The airline is said to be aiming to replace its entire fleet of aircraft with the all-electric maginX propulsion system by 2022. Once the conversion is complete, it will become the world's first all-electric airline, based on the fact that it is the world's first airline to achieve carbon neutrality in 2007 for its purchase of carbon offsets.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
According to mechanics, aircraft equipped with electric motors and batteries do not facilitate smooth aircraft movement. First of all, the battery is heavy, and the aircraft powered by a battery does not fly stably at a regular speed for a long time. Obviously equipping an aircraft with electric motor and battery is not a good way to improve aircraft flight efficiency.
However, this did not prevent Harbour Air from planning to use the electric drive system from magniX known as the all-electric magniX propulsion system in its short-haul seaplane fleet. In some cases, the magniX system will replace an internal combustion engine that has been in use in its aircraft for more than 50 years.
On 26 May 2019, Harbour Air announced that it has established the partnership with magniX to develop the world's first all-electric aircraft or ePlane with the objective to provide clean, efficient and affordable electric air travel.
The first aircraft to be converted into an ePlane is Harbour Air's DHC-2 de Haviland Beaver, a six-passenger commercial aircraft used across Harbour Air's route network. Harbour Air and magniX expect to conduct first flight tests of the ePlane in late 2019.
The ePlane has zero reliance on fossil fuels and produces zero emissions, a significant step forward in the innovation and advancement of the airline industry.
The upgraded aircraft of Harbour Air will be equipped with a 200 kWh battery, and its magni500 electric motor will produce 750 horsepower all-electric output in approximately 2,075 feet. This will allow the aircraft to have an estimated flight time of 30 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of spare time.
Harbour Air's seaplanes fly from Vancouver to the outlying islands of British Columbia in Canada. Most of the time, the 30-minute flight time for the electric engines should be sufficient. The company estimates that these short flights will account for 70 per cent of its 30,000 flights annually.
Harbour Air currently operates 42 seaplanes in Vancouver and Seattle. The airline is said to be aiming to replace its entire fleet of aircraft with the all-electric maginX propulsion system by 2022. Once the conversion is complete, it will become the world's first all-electric airline, based on the fact that it is the world's first airline to achieve carbon neutrality in 2007 for its purchase of carbon offsets.
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