X-57 Maxwell Electric Propulsion AircraftWesley Li, Kirsten Boogaard and test conductor Eric Miller observe testing of the X-57 distributed electric aircraft wing at NASA's...Ray Sadler adjusts hydraulic actuators with pads to the wing of the X-57 distributed electric aircraft wing at NASA's Armstrong...Engineers and specialists prepare X-57s Mod III wing for testing in the Flight Loads Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research...NASA Administrator Bridenstine tests the X-57 "Maxwell" simulator at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. The simulator is designed to provide...Administrator Bridenstine hears about the progress to modify the Tecnam P2006T from a combustion aircraft to an all-electric aircraft. Armstrong's...NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, a former pilot and astronaut who flew on four shuttle missions, appeared natural at the controls...The Tecnam P2006T undergoes wing integration at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California, where the aircraft’s system will be converted to...The Tecnam P2006T cockpit for the X-57, or Maxwell, will be the first all electric propulsion aircraft once the plane...The Italian Tecnam aircraft fuselage, P2006T, arrived in California and will be integrated with the wing for electric propulsion becoming...Preparations are underway to inspect, weigh and balance the Tecnam fuselage before it heads to Mojave, California, for wing integration.The equipment required for an electric propulsion test is ready for research.The electric propulsion system to be tested is secured at the top of the Airvolt test stand and instrumented to...Engineers gather aerodynamic data on the integrated experimental testbed without the electric motor propellers.SCEPTOR Aerial Left Propeller stallTeam members of the Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology Ground Test team include from left Brian Soukup, Sean Clarke, Douglas...Engineers work on a wing with electric motors that is part of an integrated experimental testbed. From left are Sean...Technicians unload the LEAPTech experimental wing upon its arrival at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. Ground testing will begin after...Engineers at Empirical Systems Aerospace, or ESAero, perform fit checks on the future wing to be used on the final...This illustration shows NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, in its final configuration, flying in cruise mode over NASA’s...NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine got a firsthand look at the agency’s all-electric X-57 Maxwell in its first of three configurations...A modified, experimental wing with electric motors is prepared for mounting on top of a modified truck to measure lift,...Pilots and engineers from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center inspect a Tecnam P2006T aircraft upon delivery to the center in...Pilots and flight test engineers from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center fly a Tecnam P2006T aircraft to collect data that...Invited social media users had the opportunity to witness the integrated experimental testbed perform a ground test, May 21, 2015...The integrated experimental testbed sits in a hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA, following a ground...The integrated experimental testbed reached speeds of up to 73 mph in data collection to create the effect of a...The Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed performs a full power ground test at 224 kW of Leading-Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology to...Electric propellers are tested on the Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed during ground tests performed at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...HEIST’s modified wing sits in its operational position following integration atop a big rig at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.HEIST’s modified wing is lifted into position after being mounted on a big rig prior to tests on the Rogers...Systems Integration Engineer Kurt Papathakis inspects a propeller on a modified wing for the Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed (HEIST) prior...
