Nasa electric aircraft X-5714 Propellers instead of two

As part of the 'X-Plane for Experimental Aircraft' program, researchers at the US space agency NASA are working on an aircraft that does without combustion engines and is powered purely by electricity: with a multi-propeller system integrated into the wing.

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The X-57 Maxwell electric airplane
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The electric aircraft X-57, nicknamed 'Maxwell' and planned by the US space agency Nasa, is not just a new development: Nasa wants to use an existing ...

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