{"id":14223,"date":"2021-09-20T23:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T06:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=14223"},"modified":"2021-09-20T23:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T06:11:16","slug":"first-flight-rolls-royces-accel-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/first-flight-rolls-royces-accel-project\/","title":{"rendered":"First Flight of Rolls-Royce&#8217;s ACCEL Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rolls-Royce has made a first test flight of its ACCEL Program\u2019s \u201cSpirit of Innovation,\u201d their 400 kilowatt (500+ horsepower) electric record-seeking craft.\u00a0 Powered by a stack of three YASA (Yokeless And Segmented Armature) motors, the Spirit flows from Jon Sharp\u2019s NXT design, usually powered by a 540-cubic-inch internal-combustion engine.\u00a0 The video includes a short nod to Rolls-Royce\u2019s involvement in aviation that leads to the current project.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ACCEL taxi testing\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/538633199?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rolls announced the successful first flight with an important accomplishment and a hopeful prediction.\u00a0 \u201cWe are pleased to announce the completion of the first flight of our all-electric \u2018Spirit of Innovation\u2019 aircraft. At 14:56 (BST) the plane took to the skies propelled by its powerful 400kW electric powertrain with the most power-dense battery pack ever assembled for an aircraft. This is another step towards the plane\u2019s world-record attempt and another milestone on the aviation industry\u2019s journey towards decarburization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spirit of Innovation takes to the skies\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/605839135?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The flight, made on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafbf.org\/battle-of-britain\">81st anniversary of the Battle of Britain day,<\/a> acknowledged as the turning point in that great aerial conflict. \u00a0It was a reminder that Rolls-Royce powered the Spitfires and Hurricanes that turned back the German assault.\u00a0 Sent aloft from the UK Ministry of Defence\u2019s Boscombe Down site, managed by QinetiQ, the Spirit flew for approximately 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>An Ironic Set of Acquisitions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yasa.com\/news\/message-from-ceo\/\">A note from YASA\u2019s CEO<\/a> explains the company\u2019s recent acquisition by Mercedes-Benz.\u00a0 \u201cOperating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, with our own brand, team and facilities, YASA will help to develop pioneering best-in-class electric drive innovations to give Mercedes-Benz exceptional performance in a new electric era.&#8221;\u00a0 This means that a British company, R-R, will fly an American-designed aircraft with a German-owned, Oxford-engineered set of motors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe YASA team, all 250 of us, will continue to operate from our HQ and production facility in Oxford, UK and our innovation facility in Welshpool, Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17035\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rolls-royce-accel-motors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17035\" class=\"wp-image-17035\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rolls-royce-accel-motors-528x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spirit of Innovation uses three YASA motors stacked for high-power, high-speed performance<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rolls-Royce\u2019s ownership by BMW and YASA&#8217;s by Mercedes further illustrates the now-international nature of once-chauvinistic brands.\u00a0 No companies seem able to fund the development of new autos or aircraft, among other things.\u00a0 Look at the opening credits on any recent movie, for instance.\u00a0 The half-billion dollars required to make the initial Lord of the Rings trilogy, for instance, would have bankrupted many individual firms.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we see four or more production firms involved in anything bigger than an low-budget \u201cindie\u201d film. Now think of the enormous sums required to produce the next Boeing or Airbus product.<\/p>\n<h4>Future Projections<\/h4>\n<p>Probable tests for Spirit will include an attack on the electric airplane speed record, which will put NXT in the category of previous records set by the Supermarine S6.b, the Hawker Hurricane and the Spitfire.\u00a0 Thousands of the latter two were built and both were powered by R-R Merlin and Griffon engines.\u00a0 Two Merlins propelled each DeHavilland Mosquito, and four graced the wings of each Lancaster bomber.\u00a0 Rolls-Royce was a large factor in the allied victory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17033\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rolls-royce-tecnam-wideroe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17033\" class=\"wp-image-17033\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rolls-royce-tecnam-wideroe-528x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Rolls-Royce motors will grace the wings of this Tecnam product &#8211; scheduled for regular service by 2026<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Warren East, CEO of Rolls-Royce, said. \u201cThe first flight of the \u2018Spirit of Innovation\u2019 is a great achievement for the ACCEL team and Rolls-Royce. We are focused on producing the technology breakthroughs society needs to decarbonize transport across air, land and sea, and capture the economic opportunity of the transition to net zero. This is not only about breaking a world record; the advanced battery and propulsion technology developed for this program has exciting applications for the Urban Air Mobility market and can help make \u2018jet zero\u2019 a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rolls Royce to Launch Electrical UAM in collaboration with vertical Aerospace\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2IKy9YiHGIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng explained the British government\u2019s interest in a small, electric race plane.\u00a0 \u201cBy backing projects like this one, the Government is helping to drive forward the boundary pushing technologies that will leverage investment and unlock the cleaner, greener aircraft required to end our contribution to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ACCEL program, short for \u2018Accelerating the Electrification of Flight\u2019 includes key partners YASA, the electric motor and controller manufacturer, and aviation start-up Electroflight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/conferences\/glasgow-climate-change-conference\">With COP26 (Congress of Parties)<\/a> slated for November 1 in Glasgow, Scotland, Roll-Royce will be in a good place to extoll the virtues of electric flight and its manifest benefits to the environment.\u00a0 Rolls will have a good number of products pointing the way in the most existential battle since Word War Two.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Ffirst-flight-rolls-royces-accel-project%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolls-Royce has made a first test flight of its ACCEL Program\u2019s \u201cSpirit of Innovation,\u201d their 400 kilowatt (500+ horsepower) electric record-seeking craft.\u00a0 Powered by a stack of three YASA (Yokeless And Segmented Armature) motors, the Spirit flows from Jon Sharp\u2019s NXT design, usually powered by a 540-cubic-inch internal-combustion engine.\u00a0 The video includes a short nod [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7568,6862,15,14],"tags":[11040,11041,11042,11043,11044,11045,11046,1403,11047,11048,1895,9107,1492,10416,9923,11049,11050,11051,11052],"class_list":["post-14223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-announcements","category-batteries","category-electric_powerplants","category-sustainable_ga","tag-accel-program-accelerating-the-electrification-of-flight","tag-avro-lancaster","tag-battle-of-britain","tag-boscombe-downs","tag-cop-26-congress-of-parties","tag-dehavilland-mosquito","tag-hawker-hurricane","tag-jon-sharp","tag-kwasi-kwarteng","tag-nxt-race-plane","tag-rolls-royce","tag-supermarine-s-6b","tag-supermarine-spitfire","tag-tecnam","tag-urban-air-mobility","tag-vertical-aerospace","tag-warren-east","tag-wideroe-airlines","tag-yasa-yokeless-and-segmented-armature-motors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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