Publication detail

Electric Powered Airplane VUT 051 RAY

ČERVINKA, D. KNOBLOCH, J. PROCHÁZKA, P. KADLEC, J. CIPÍN, R. PAZDERA, I.

Original Title

Electric Powered Airplane VUT 051 RAY

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper deals with a drive system of experimental fully electric airplane VUT 051 RAY with rated power 55 kW. The requirements on accumulator capacity and its weight were defined according to a precisely specified flight profile. The whole design process of traction inverter is presented. Drive train system of electric airplane was completely tested, before its final installation into fuselage of airplane. Measured parameters gained by testing are presented too. Finally, the results of first flight are presented.

Keywords

electric airplane; Li-Ion battery; DC/AC inverter

Authors

ČERVINKA, D.; KNOBLOCH, J.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; KADLEC, J.; CIPÍN, R.; PAZDERA, I.

RIV year

2014

Released

29. 10. 2014

Publisher

Brno University of technology

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-4817-9

Book

Proceedings of the 16 th International Conference on Mechatronics – Mechatronika 2014

Edition

1

Edition number

1

Pages from

6

Pages to

10

Pages count

5

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT110502,
  author="Dalibor {Červinka} and Jan {Knobloch} and Petr {Procházka} and Josef {Kadlec} and Radoslav {Cipín} and Ivo {Pazdera}",
  title="Electric Powered Airplane VUT 051 RAY",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 16 th International Conference on Mechatronics – Mechatronika 2014",
  year="2014",
  series="1",
  number="1",
  pages="6--10",
  publisher="Brno University of technology",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-4817-9"
}