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e Training<br />
The long way to the electrical future<br />
English Channel crossing<br />
and MGM COMPRO<br />
Every aviation enthusiast knows the Airbus E-Fan, which took off at<br />
Lydd (UK) on July 10th 2015, and landed 37 minutes later at Calais<br />
in France lying 75 miles away. Under great media attention, Airbus<br />
celebrated afterwards the first Channel crossing with a manned allelectric<br />
plane. However, few insiders knew that the heart piece of the<br />
aircraft - namely the electric drive system – had significant contribution<br />
from a small Czech electric drive manufacturer. Who is behind it?<br />
The Archeopteryx (photo left)<br />
with a RET 30 engine (12 kW),<br />
MGM COMPRO HBC 25063<br />
controller (photo right side,<br />
left) and LiPo 40 Ah battery<br />
(50 V). The flight duration is 60<br />
minutes.<br />
28 e Flight Journal 2 / <strong>2017</strong>
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