Rolls-Royce Completes Ground Testing For ACCEL Electric Aircraft 

ionBird
Full-scale replica ionBird was used to prove ACCEL's electric powertrain.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
LONDON—Rolls-Royce completed ground testing of the electric systems which will power its ACCEL all-electric aircraft. The engine-maker said it used a full-scale replica of the aircraft, named the ionBird, to prove the electric powertrain, which will generate the equivalent of 500 hp at full power...

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