NASA has designed a single-seat aircraft on an electric motor

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration has designed a single Puffin experimental aircraft to show what can be achieved using electric motors. Puffin can fly at a speed of 240 kilometers per hour, with a maximum of 480. The plane can theoretically take off to any height with low air density, but even the use of modern batteries allows the Puffin to climb only 9,150 meters, then the energy dries out. Flight range is still small - 80 kilometers, but researchers from NASA promise to increase it to 320 in the next 5-7 years.




Puffin is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft with a length of 3.7 meters and a wingspan of 4.1 meters. On the ground, it is located vertically, standing on the tail - four “legs” separated from each other. For takeoff, the flaps on the wings unfold, and with the help of a mechanical propeller Puffin hangs in the air for a short time, and then, bending down, a bird flies forward horizontally. The plane, made from high-quality carbon fiber, weighs only 135 kilograms, another 45 weigh lithium batteries, which have the ability to recharge.
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Puffin personifies the colossal success of airplanes on an electric motor in the near future. It is mobile, silent, able to hang in the air and does not pollute the environment with exhausts, which rightfully makes it the most friendly aircraft in relation to it at the moment.