What is it about?
Using hardware, software, and logic-based rules to maintain safe working conditions for electric propulsion demonstrators and testbeds.
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Why is it important?
Electric propulsion is gaining serious momentum in the aircraft design world, and maintaining safe practices for these high voltage / high current systems is paramount to sustained success.
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This paper includes NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's active electric propulsion portfolio and lessons learned.
Kurt Papathakis
NASA
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This page is a summary of: Safety Considerations for Electric, Hybrid-Electric, and Turbo-Electric Distributed Propulsion Aircraft Testbeds, July 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-5032.
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