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Steve Wright<\/a>, Senior Research Fellow in Aerospace Engineering at UWE Bristol, shared his thoughts on the electrification of flight, at the EV Summit<\/a> Online Series “How do we deliver a decarbonised international aerospace sector?” held on 14th October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the live stream, Steve flew one of his drones to demonstrate one of the core advantages in electric aviation – “It gives flexibility – you can sprinkle propulsion systems all over the aircraft, arranging them in ways you just couldn\u2019t imagine in conventional aerospace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve explained that this flexibility was enabling a relatively quick roll out of electric and alternative propulsion systems in smaller aircraft and the creation of new classes of “flying taxis”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Steve expressed doubts about how quick it would be to scale up the electric propulsion systems, alongside their unique supporting technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m not expecting a transatlantic passenger plane until 2050. I hope I\u2019m wrong,” said Steve. “We’re not going to beat this problem in one sitting. Electric and alternative propulsion systems are very different [to conventional] and have a whole set of specific problems and also opportunities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear more of Steve’s short talk and his Q&A session in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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