magniX has launched the magniAIR, an air-cooled electrical engine concentrating on package planes, mild sport plane and electrical flight trainers. The engine delivers 175 kW at 55 kg—what magniX claims is class-leading power-to-weight for the section—and is designed to switch piston engines within the 120–175 kW vary.
The magniAIR integrates right into a full magniX powertrain that additionally consists of energy electronics and the corporate’s Samson battery. magniX is demonstrating the configuration in a Van’s Plane RV-10 package aircraft, with first flight scheduled for later in 2026. The engine will likely be out there to buy in 2027. Preliminary certification targets are experimental and light-weight sport plane classes.
Flight coaching is the first market angle. Many coaching plane in lively service right this moment had been constructed within the Nineteen Seventies, and rising gasoline and upkeep prices are pushing the worth of acquiring a pilot’s license increased at a time the business faces a pilot scarcity. The FAA’s pending MOSAIC guidelines are additionally anticipated to widen the definition of sunshine sport plane, opening extra use instances for the magniAIR.
“Many coaching plane in use right this moment had been manufactured within the Nineteen Seventies,” mentioned Ben Loxton, VP of New Product Improvement at magniX. “Gasoline costs and upkeep prices are inflicting the price of flight coaching to rise concurrently the business faces an acute scarcity of pilots. magniAIR gives to cut back the expense of flight coaching and different small plane functions with a decrease price of operation, diminished upkeep, and 0 carbon emissions.”
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