MagniX Unveils De Havilland Dash 7 For Hybrid Demo Campaign

magnix electric demonstrator

By swapping in two electric powertrains, MagniX foresees fuel savings of up 40%.

Credit: MagniX
SEATTLE—At a hangar at Boeing Field, MagniX unveiled a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 that it plans to convert to a hybrid aircraft by replacing two of its four turboprop engines with electric powertrains. The startup is retrofitting the aircraft as part of NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight...
Garrett Reim

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