Russia to display first electric motor aircraft at MAKS air show

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Russia will display its first aircraft with an electric motor at the MAKS International Air and Space Salon on July 20-25 at Zhukovsky, near Moscow. The electric motor is part of the hybrid powertrain demonstrator that Russia’s Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) is developing.<br />
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The biennial aviation show will be held at the Zhukovsky International Airport on the outskirts of Moscow. Russian <a href="https://www.rt.com/business/519052-russia-first-electric-airplane/"><em>website RT </em></a>quoted Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov as saying: "This is what was done with the Fund of Advanced Studies – an electric airplane based on superconductivity principles.”<br />
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Trials of the superconductive aircraft electric motor started on February 5 for which a special flying laboratory has been created on the basis of the Yak-40 aircraft. It is believed that the new technology will be used to create engines and electric power complexes for all-electric aircraft and helicopters.<br />
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CIAM CEO Mikhail Gordin, highlighted the project as one of the important projects in modern aviation which will solve many technological issues currently facing air transport.<br />
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Andrey Vavilov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Superox, said that Russian scientists are the first in the world to test an electric aircraft engine on the high-temperature superconducting platform, HTSP. He said: “ …we have hundreds of manufactured windings prototypes and about ten manufactured and tested engine samples of different capacities.”<br />
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Website <a href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/wanna-check-out-russias-new-stealth-fighter-come-air-show-181119"><em>National Interest </em></a>reports that the Russian aircraft industry was also working on a light, next-generation fighter to complement the Su-57 and upcoming MiG-41 stealth interceptors. The MAKS international air show will showcase a wide range of products by the Russian aircraft industry.<br />
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