TARBES, France - EcoPulse, the hybrid-electric distributed propulsion aircraft demonstrator jointly developed by Daher, Safran, and Airbus has successfully performed its first flight test in ...

Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a trade-off dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric ...

Embraer has been granted a patent for an aircraft control system that utilizes a thrust propeller variable pitch actuator. This system maintains a set electric current to the propeller motor by ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, have announced a study related to balancing propeller noise and aerodynamic demands in designing propulsion systems for electric ...