Thierry Dubois, Aviation Week Network Show News' Editor-In-Chief, discusses Beyond Aero’s hydrogen-electric aircraft, which is being showcased at EBACE 2024.
Earlier this year, Beyond Aero successfully conducted France's first crewed flight powered by an electric motor, itself fed by a hydrogen fuel cell. The aircraft is a modified version of a G1 Aviation ultralight and is equipped with a 100% hydrogen propulsion system that drives a single propeller. The Bleriot prototype operates using 1.2kg of gaseous hydrogen stored in three tanks at 340 bar, generating a maximum electrical power of 85 kW. The Beyond Aero team has completed a total of 10 take-offs.
The Bleriot was a smallscale demonstrator for the powertrain of the One business aircraft, which Beyond Aero's engineers are now working on.
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