NASA has begun working on a new X-Plane, officially designated X-57 but nicknamed “Maxwell.” The electric aircraft will be powered by an impressive fourteen electric motors. Maxwell is the first new X-plane designated research aircraft from NASA in a decade."Maxwell"? That would make sense if it was the X-86.
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The engine gauges must be a nightmare, not to mention the throttle and prop levers.
ReplyDeleteI guess they saved on mixture levers.
Maybe it is named for Maxwell's silver hammer?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Get Smart was co-created by Mel Brooks. Learn something new every day, I guess.
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Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, that's exactly what the name means: an electric airplane, named for the man who developed the four equations at the heart of everything electrical.
ReplyDeleteThe intro brought back so many memories, THANKS!
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