The NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) has been developed over the past four years in order to provide a testbed that enables end-to-end testing of multiple technologies that are required for the development of a hybrid-electric aircraft. NEAT has been designed to be reconfigurable, so that the facility can be used to test different technologies in appropriate ways. The testbed has recently been reconfigured from a powertrain test, to a megawatt-scale dynamometer inside of an altitude chamber. This configuration enables full-power testing of megawatt-scale components and systems under simulated altitude conditions. This paper discusses the reconfiguration design of NEAT, along with problems encountered and mitigations implemented during checkout testing to date.


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    Title :

    NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) Reconfiguration to Enable Altitude Testing of Megawatt-Scale Electric Machines


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    Publication date :

    2020-08-26


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    3378985 byte



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English