Ampaire uye IKHANA Ndege Services vatangisa NASA-yakabhadharwa feasibility kudzidza yekugadzirisa inoremekedzwa Twin Otter workhorse ndege yehybrid-magetsi ekufambisa.
Ampaire akapihwa kondirakiti yeNASA yekugadzirisa husanganiswa hwemagetsi paTwin Otter sechikamu cheNASA EAP (Electric Aircraft Propulsion). Ampaire uye IKHANA vari kuita pamwechete chirongwa ichi cheNASA. Iwo makambani maviri ari kubatana kuongorora akasiyana-siyana emahara dhiziri / magetsi masisitimu yendege, uye kugadzira mutengo, kuronga uye njodzi kudzikisira zvirongwa zvechimwe chikamu chekuvandudza kwendege.
Chinangwa chikuru ndechekupayona shanduko yemagetsi yakasanganiswa neye IKHANA's RWMI DHC-6-300HG ™ Twin Otter ndege. Iyi 14,000 lb. (6350 kg) ndege yaizogadzira pamusoro pe1MW yesimba rese uye inotakura kusvika kune 19 vafambi nemitoro, ichizadzikisa zvakanyanya mafuta. Kuedza uku kunoenderana nekubatsirana kwaAmpaire neKHANA pakuyedza kubhururuka uye kusimudzira tekinoroji kune maviri Ampaire Electric EEL nhanhatu-zvigaro zvekuratidzira ndege, anova Cessna 337 mapatya akashandurwa emagetsi emagetsi akasanganiswa. Inodzora Ampaire plug-in yakafanana hybrid propulsion tekinoroji, iyo yakasanganiswa Twin Otter inovhura kugona kwepasi kwevatengi vehurumende nehurumende.
"Kuiswa magetsi kwendege-19 dzinokwira ndege ingangoita-nguva-pfupi iyo ichabatsira vafambisi nevapfuuri, uku ichideredza mhepo yemuchadenga uye ichibatsira indasitiri yendege kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvayo zvekusimudzira kabhoni," akadaro CEO weAmpaire Kevin Noertker. “Tinoona rutsigiro rweNASA sekusimbaradza zano reAmpaire rekudzokorora. Iyo yakaderera-njodzi, inokwanisika nzira kune yemasanganiswa / magetsi, uye pakupedzisira izere nemagetsi, ramangwana. Iri zano rekudzoreredza rinosiyanisa Ampaire kubva kuzvirongwa zvitsva zvekuvaka, zvemari. ”
Noertker akatsanangura kukosha kwechikamu chevanhu gumi nemapfumbamwe kuti vafambire mberi mukubhururuka kwemagetsi. “Kuongorora kwaAmpaire pamusika weaviation kunoratidza kuti chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chemhepo dzinoburitswa nendege dzinoverengerwa nezvikamu zvemigwagwa zvisingasviki makiromita chiuru. Tine tekinoroji nhasi yekugadzirisa zvikamu zvemigwagwa, mundege dzinosvika pazvigaro gumi nepfumbamwe., Nepo mhinduro dzemagetsi dzakauchikwa dzichauya nendege hombe munguva refu. Tinogona kuve nemusanganiswa wemagetsi Twin Otter mukushandira mumakore mashoma chete. Ndo izvo zvinoita iyi nhanho yekutanga yebasa yeNASA kuputsa. Uku kutsvagisa kuchave nekushandisa kwakakura kupfuura kungoita Twin Otter chikuva. "
"Twin Otter ndeyakasarudzika nendege dzakasiyana-siyana dzine mukana wekuti dzishande sevaperekedzi vemudhorobha, ndege yekumasango, uye mune akasiyana mamishini ekushandisa. Ndiwo mukana wakanaka wekuratidzira kwehunyanzvi hwekugadza magetsi uye sechigadzirwa chakasimbiswa chichava nekukwezva pamusika kwakawanda. ”, Akadaro mutungamiri weKHANA uye CEO John Zublin. “Chikwata cheKHANA chiri kufara nekuve piyona tekinoroji yehybrid yeDHC-6 Twin Otter; kugadziridza uye kusimbisa kugona kutsva kunowedzera kushandiswa kwevanoshanda ndizvo zvatiri chaizvo. ”
