Clearly the opportunities for benefits from electric secondary power extend well beyond just the power system. Given a reliable, controllable source of electric power on board an aircraft, nearly every subsystem and function can be enhanced. It is this fact that raises the question, what is the 'electric airplane'? The engine system, with integral starter/generators and without the need to provide the relatively inefficient core bleed air for anti-ice and cabin pressurization can be smaller, lighter, more efficient, and sized by the aircraft performance requirements rather than secondary functions. More efficient aerodynamic shaping of the nacelle can also be a benefit from eliminated shaft power takeoff requirements. Flight control is probably the function most sensitive to the potential represented by conversion to electric power. These are just two of many examples of functions that would be profoundly affected by the transition to a new form of electric secondary power.
The all-electric airplane: what is it?
Das vollelektrische Flugzeug: Was ist das?
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ; AES-20 , 3 ; 211-212
1984
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