ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow region), July 24-RIA Novosti. The Russian Federation has created a new generation of electric engines that can lift aircraft weighing more than 1 ton into the air, Mikhail Esakov, CEO of the EME-Aero developer company, told RIA Novosti at the MAKS-2021 air show.
"We have developed electric motors that will allow us to lift into the air and provide a controlled flight of aircraft weighing more than 1 ton, including with vertical takeoff and landing," Esakov said.
He added that the company's electric motors "have shown great interest from several potential customers." "Negotiations on the conclusion of contracts are underway, and I am sure they will allow us to reach a good series," Esakov said.
"The first large flying vehicles using EME-Aero engines should take to the air from next year," the general director also said.
The company's engines, according to the developers, have ultra-small weight and dimensions, high specific power characteristics that allow you to get rid of a mechanical gearbox, high efficiency - up to 98%. All the technologies of their creation are patented in different countries of the world.
One of the most promising consumers of electric motors, the company notes, is the aviation industry, because numerous attempts to create aircraft based on engines of previous generations have not been crowned with success.
Currently, electric motors similar in characteristics, but inferior in efficiency to Russian ones, are available only in the West, according to the company EME-Aero.
