News archive: Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 | Airframer

10 September

Rod Zastrow, CEO of Bye Aerospace, says: “We look forward to beginning flight testing and continuing our progress toward certification.”

Bye secures airworthiness certificate for eFlyer 2

The Special Airworthiness Certificate has been awarded following an FAA inspection of the aircraft's airframe, electric propulsion system and instruments at Centennial Airport.

17 June

ReleaseBye Aerospace nears eFlyer 2 first flight milestone

4 December

Carbon composite builders onboard for first eFlyer 2

The EASA-certified electric aircraft will combine aerodynamic efficiency with full carbon fibre structures tailored for flight training durability.

28 October

ReleasemagniX Samson batteries to power Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer prototype training aircraft

12 September

Bye Aerospace begins initial build of first eFlyer 2

The outcome will be a full-scale aircraft that will undergo extensive aerodynamic testing, derisking the remaining certification compliance tasks. Work is under way in Denver, Colorado.

27 September

ReleaseBye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 achieves FAA acceptance of Functional Hazard Analysis

24 January

ReleaseMajor milestone achieved: FAA approves eFlyer2 certification means of compliance

6 April

Crane’s versatile High Voltage DC-DC Converter will support Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 2 electric aircraft.

Crane voltage converters find a place aboard the eFlyer 2

Regardless of electrical power source, Crane A&E's high-power converters will convert high voltage source power into an aircraft's traditional 28v DC bus or 270v DC bus, delivering up to 4kW of power.

4 August

An artist's impression of the eFlyer 2 cockpit concept.

Bye specifies Garmin's G500 TXi for the eFlyer 2

The modern G500 TXi flight display will be tailored for the eFlyer 2 to display its electric propulsion information, while also adding synthetic vision, terrain and traffic alerting, geo-referenced charts, and more.

29 July

ReleaseEvolution of the Bye Aerospace eFlyer 4 design continues to advance

11 March

Testing of ASR recovery parachute system for eFlyer 2. (Photo: Aviation Safety Resources, Inc.)

eFlyer 2 parachute recovery system makes safe touchdown

Nobody can be certain what will happen when throwing a product out of a helicopter at 6,600 feet, but ASR's parachute recovery system developed for Bye Aerospace performed flawlessly.

1 March

ReleaseeFlyer 2 Serial #001: assembly underway

28 January

Bye kicks off construction of conforming eFlyer 2

Three conforming eFlyer 2 aircraft will be used in the test program to achieve final FAA certification, and the first is now being built by experimental aircraft experts Composites Universal Group.

18 November

Safran Electrical & Power will supply ENGINeUS electric smart motors to the Bye Aerospace eFlyer family of aircraft.

Bye selects electric smart motors by Safran

Bye Aerospace already has sales agreements for over 700 eFlyer aircraft, and has opted to equip these with Safran's ENGINeUS 100 smart electric motor with fully integrated motor controller.

2 November

ReleaseBye Aerospace signs key agreements with Aerospace9

10 August

ReleaseBye Aerospace selects Aviation Safety Resources to develop next-generation parachute recovery system for eFlyer 2

13 July

ReleaseBye Aerospace closes $10 million in funding

22 June

ReleaseBye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 technology demonstrator begins next phase of flight tests

2 June

ReleaseBye Aerospace approaches critical design phase completion

30 March

ReleaseGarmin G3X Touch Avionics Advance for Electric eFlyer 2

6 November

ReleaseOXIS Energy and Bye Aerospace begin collaboration to increase the endurance of future Bye Aerospace eAircraft

21 October

ReleaseeFlyer developmental prototype flight tests confirm benefits of electric propulsion

27 August

ReleaseBye Aerospace finalizes Garmin supplier agreement to provide eFlyer 2 avionics

18 July

ReleaseeFlyer 2 prototype begins new flight test program with Siemens production motor

11 April

ReleaseBye Aerospace rebrands electric airplane as eFlyer

12 March

ReleaseBye Aerospace relocates to larger hangar as flight tests continue

15 February

ReleaseSun Flyer 2 completes first flight with Siemens electric propulsion motor

13 April

ReleaseBye Aerospace announces first flight of Sun Flyer 2

20 March

ReleaseEPS providing electric batteries for Bye Aerospace "Sun Flyer"

23 July

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