Cri-Cri electric plane made a successful flight

Today it became known that an electric plane, that is, a plane with electric motors that replaced fuel engines, made a successful flight. The project itself is a joint development of companies such as EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintonge, Green Cri-Cri. In honor of the latter, this small airplane was named. The tests were carried out near Paris.

The aircraft is equipped with four engines, which are completely reliable, and allow you to perform all those complex stunts, which are capable of aircraft with fuel engines. Testers of the aircraft reported that its flight went very smoothly from the very beginning to the end. Unfortunately, the first flight of the aircraft lasted only seven minutes, just as many testers needed to evaluate the operation of all systems of a new type of aircraft. True, this time the pilot did not perform any tricks - after all, the plane is different from everything that the pilots have flown so far, so you must first go through a whole self-study course. The pilot was piloted by an experienced pilot Didier Estain, who reported on everything that happened during the flights.

The Cri-Cri developers are aware that in the near future, electric engines are unlikely to be able to displace or at least serve as a partial replacement for fuel engines. Nevertheless, there is a first step, and we can continue to work.

Developers from scratch developed this electric plane, because for it it was necessary to change the body material, it was necessary to create engines of a special design, plus reliable propellers. As a result, the material was found - as usual, they were very lightweight composites.

The duration of the flight of the aircraft varies depending on the speed - if you fly at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour, the charge will last for 30 minutes. If you fly at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour, the battery charge is enough for only 15 minutes. The developers understand that this is quite a bit, and have long been working on hybrid aircraft that will be able to hold out in the air for as long as necessary, with less fuel loss than conventional aircraft.

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