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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Europter AS350 Hybrid Powertrain?

Wow!  If they can get the electric motor and battery pack small enough this could be huge.  It looks as though initial flight tests give it a big "thumbs up" for enabling a much safer recovery after an engine failure in single-engine rotary-wing aircraft.  Let's see where this goes.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/eurocopter-targets-2012-for-hybrid-launch-decision-363574/

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