The 1st electric passenger aircraft could be 50-year-old Canadian seaplanes
The first battery-electric passenger planes in commercial service may turn out to be Canadian turboprops that date back to the 1950s and 1960s., has struck a deal with Harbour Air to be MagniX’s launch customer, aiming to convert the Vancouver-based airline’s 42 seaplanes into an all-electric fleet, the companies announced Tuesday.
"The Beaver is a perfect example of where all-electric can provide value today as opposed to waiting years before batteries reach greater ranges," says Ganzarski. MagniX, which was founded in Australia 10 years ago and is owned by Singapore-based billionaire Richard Chandler, isin 6- to 20-passenger and cargo planes that fly short routes like the Beaver, Cessna Caravan and Beechcraft King Air, either as replacements for existing planes’ turbine engines or new-build models optimized for electric flight.
The companies will replace the Beaver’s fuel tanks with battery cells and stuff more in the nose in space vacated by the heavier, larger Pratt & Whitney PT6 engine, the standard engine on many small passenger and cargo planes. In addition to making the airline more environmentally friendly, McDougall says going electric will improve the airline’s relationship with the residents of the towers on Vancouver’s harbor that its planes take off and land near, reducing noise and emission of pollutants. For every hour of flight, MagniX says it will take from 45 minutes to an hour to recharge the plane.
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