Thursday, August 4, 2016

But the Pilots Will Have to Handle the Dreaded "Thirteen-Engine Approach!"

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.



(Origin of the headline)

6 comments:

  1. The engine gauges must be a nightmare, not to mention the throttle and prop levers.

    I guess they saved on mixture levers.

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  2. Maybe it is named for Maxwell's silver hammer?

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  3. I didn't know that Get Smart was co-created by Mel Brooks. Learn something new every day, I guess.

    -Doug in Oakland

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  4. Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell?

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  5. Anonymous, 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.

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  6. The intro brought back so many memories, THANKS!

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