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Tecnam P2006T | Test Services | NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

27/10/2022News:
In the coming months, the X-57 project will begin a series of test flights.

Maxwell powers up from its own installed batteries

Random vibration acceptance testing for all the cruise motor controllers for the X-57 have taken place to make sure that all the systems stay functional while they endure the vibration environment expected during flight.

12/08/2021News:
The all-electric X-57 has successfully completed high-voltage ground testing.

All-electric Maxwell powers past a testing milestone

One NASA goal is to establish the X-57 as a reference platform for integrated approaches of distributed electric propulsion technologies. Next up, the X-57 will undergo verification and validation testing.

10/05/2021Press Release:
NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell continues to undergo high-voltage ground testing with successful spinning of the propellers under electric power at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. (Photo: NASA / Lauren Hughes)		X-57 high-voltage testing continues
08/06/2020Press Release:
Engineers at Empirical Systems Aerospace, or ESAero, perform fit checks on the future wing to be used on the final configurations of NASA’s all-electric X-57 Maxwell. (Photo: Empirical Systems Aerospace)		Progress on cruise motors, future wing sets stage for all-electric X-57 ground tests
03/10/2019Press Release:
NASA takes delivery of first all-electric experimental aircraft

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