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MagniX aims to start by outfitting a Harbour Air DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver with its 750-horsepower magni500 electric motor for a series of test flights scheduled to begin by the end of this year ...
But that's not all: In addition to supplying a 750-horsepower Magni500 motor for use on a de Havilland Beaver that's being converted to all-electric propulsion at Harbour Air's B.C. headquarters ...
The magniX magni500 electric motor used in the Harbour Air electric de Havilland Canada Beaver weighs 135 kg (297 lb) and develops 560 kW (750 shp) [9] In contrast, the Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior SB it is replacing has a dry weight of 290 kg (640 lb), not including oil, and produces 400 bhp (300 kW), more than halving the weight, while ...
Harbour Air has noted that its initial electric-powered commercial flights will be on routes of under 30 minutes' duration. [23] The first converted aircraft was a DHC-2 Beaver which serves as the test prototype for the magniX motor, energy storage, and control systems. [ 22 ]
The Harbour Air e-Beaver. In March 2019, Harbour Air announced plans to convert a DHC-2 Beaver to an electric aircraft for development and prototype testing, with aspirational plans to eventually to convert its entire fleet. [21] The first test flight of the aircraft took place in Vancouver in December 2019.
A 560-kW (750-hp) MagniX electric motor was installed in a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver seaplane. Harbour Air, based in British Columbia, was hoping to introduce the aircraft in commercial service in 2021, for trips under 30 minutes initially, until range increases as better batteries are introduced. [56]
Air West: Nanaimo Harbour: 1970s Operated DHC-2 Beaver: Air West: AWT: AIR WEST: 1982 – 2005 [45] Air Windsor: Windsor: 1970 – 1979 Established as Gordon Airways in 1963 [46] Airco Charters: Edmonton City Centre: 1987 – 2012 Operated Piper Navajo [47] AirGava: AGV: AIR GAVA: Schefferville: 1973 – 1981 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, C-47 [48 ...