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New silicon-powered electric motor cuts hybrid plane weight, helps them fly farther

A hybrid Cessna 337 in California completed a successful test flight using a silicon carbide-based inverter developed by the ...
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Ampaire’s second hybrid Cessna gets airborne ahead of Hawaii demonstration flights

Electric aircraft specialist Ampaire has flown a second Cessna 337 Skymaster powered partly by an electric motor, a development coming ahead of planned airline demonstration flights before year end.
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California's Ampaire demonstrates parallel hybrid Cessna 337

A Cessna 337 Skymaster powered partly by an electric motor flew on 6 June from a California airport, demonstrating a prototype propulsion system that manufacturer Ampaire hopes to deploy commercially ...
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Smaller, lighter electric motor developed for airplane

The UA Power Group designed a silicon carbide-based motor drive for the hybrid version of a plane commonly used as an air ...
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Cessna Skymaster 337

Kahului, Hawaii based Mokulele Airlines has joined with California-based Ampaire to begin testing the second prototype Cessna 337 “Electric EEL” hybrid-electric aircraft conversion. Ampaire ...