Professional Documents
Culture Documents
E2 Fliegen
Stuttgart, Germany
Feb 27th, 2015
Mark Moore
Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology Demonstrator Principal Investigator
NASA Langley Research Center
mark.d.moore@nasa.gov
E-Fan
EADS
Range is Independent
of Speed
FEATHER
JAXA
DA-36 E-Star
EADS
NASA Focus:
Show Electric Flight
Relates to Higher Speed
(While Still Achieving
High Efficiency)
Electric Cri-Cri
EADS
E-Genius
EADS
12 NASA Langley Wind Tunnel Testing to Establish 1st DEP Controls Aerodynamic Database
Lift/Drag
Ratio
Cirrus SR-22
Wing CL
General Aviation aircraft are only aerodynamically efficient at low speeds because
the wing is oversized for 61 knot stall, 2000 ft field lengths.
Aerodynamic efficiency is very important for energy constrained electric aircraft.
20
DEP
Clmax = 5
Stall
Speed
(knots)
DEP
Aircraft
200 mph
120 mph Cruise
Cruise
15
L/D
10
0
0
200 mph
Cruise
0
0
Wing loading
(lb/ft2)
0.2
Conventional GA aircraft
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.2
CL
DEP GA aircraft
Lift Coefficient
versus
Reference Speed
2
25
20
CLmax
CL
Constant Power
(220 kW)
15
10
5
Unpowered
-2
4
()
10
20
40
60
80
Velocity (kts)
10
11
12
Current Validation
Higher Cruise
Speed and/or
Lower tipspeed
propeller
DEP Aircraft
Conventional GA Aircraft
15
16
Broadband noise
Cirrus SR-22
17
Derivative Objectives
30% Lower Total Operating Cost (Comparative to Retrofit GA Baseline)
Zero In-flight Carbon Emissions
Secondary Objectives
18
Cirrus SR-22
with Retrofit Electric Propulsion
11,300 lb
Cirrus SR-22
General Aviation Aircraft
3400 lb
19
Number
of 6000
Trips
No Trips
with Range
> 220 nm
4000
2000
20
23
27
34
39
40
48
59
66
79
82
90
97
104
110
129
135
139
159
163
168
169
172
183
210
21
Questions?
NASA
Convergent Aeronautic Solutions (CAS)
Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP)
Tecnam P2006T Based X-Plane
22
Lift
Drag
Thrust
CL
Effective CL
CD
3,377 lb
524 lb
853 lb
4.86
4.86
0.778
3,471 lb
565 lb
853 lb
4.99
5.04
0.838
3,535 lb
603 lb
853 lb
5.09
5.17
0.895
3,589 lb
626 lb
853 lb
5.16
5.27
0.929
3,617 lb
641 lb
853 lb
5.20
5.33
0.952
3,645 lb
670 lb
853 lb
5.24
5.42
0.995
3,648 lb
676 lb
853 lb
5.25
5.44
1.003
10
3,662 lb
698 lb
853 lb
5.27
5.48
1.037
General Aviation
Total Operating Cost Comparison
450
400
Energy
350
Insurance/Taxes
300
Personnel
250
Pilot
200
Acquisition
150
Facilities
100
Maintenance
50
0
SOA Baseline
6000
5000
DEP Concept
4000
Insurance
3000
Flight Crew
Financing
2000
Maintenance
1000
SOA Baseline
DEP Concept
24
25
DEP Integration
Application Across Aviation Markets
General Aviation SOA provides large benefit advantages
for early market success with emerging electric
propulsion technology adoption to provide
more rapid tech acceleration
for larger scale aircraft.