PARIS AIR SHOW: VOLTAERO PRESENTS ITS HYBRID-ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM

VoltAero’s vision for the future of electric aviation is coming to the Paris Air Show, where its Cassio aircraft’s unique hybrid-electric propulsion system will be exhibited for the first time.

VoltAero is developing a truly unique general aviation airplane with a distributed hybrid-electric propulsion system for safe, quiet, efficient and eco-friendly flight.

At the 2019 Paris Air Show, VoltAero will be unveiling a full-scale configuration of its hybrid-electric propulsion system, integrated in the company’s “Iron Bird” test rig.

The company is to be present in the outdoor static display, exhibit area A6.

VoltAero is taking electric aircraft to an entirely new level. Benefitting from 10 years of pioneering expertise, VoltAero is developing a truly unique general aviation airplane with a distributed hybrid-electric propulsion system for safe, quiet, efficient and eco-friendly flight.

The VoltAero aircraft utilizes a combination of electric motors and an internal combustion engine in a “push-pull” configuration. A flight demonstrator, along with a ground-based “iron bird” system test rig, will validate VoltAero’s hybrid configuration through late 2019, de-risking it for airworthiness certification and the subsequent application on a new-production airplane to be built using strong, lightweight composite materials.

Seating from four to nine persons, VoltAero’s production aircraft will have a flight duration of at least 3.5 hours – providing a highly-capable and reliable general aviation platform for private owners, air taxi/charter companies, commercial flights for point-to-point regional travel, and for use in other utility-category applications.

Deliveries of production aircraft are expected to begin during the 2021-2022 timeframe from VoltAero’s final assembly facility in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of southwest France.