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Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation

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High-performance electric aeroplane designed to challenge the all electric land speed record, part of the ACCEL or ‘Accelerating the Electrification of Flight’ project. Low wing, single-seat variant of the Nemesis NXT racing aircraft with a three-bladed, electrically actuated propeller, driven by three electric motors powered by energy-dense battery pack.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Electric
Application
Experimental, Sport, Ultralight

Design & construction

Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
None
Avionics architecture
Standalone glass
Environmental control
None-unpressurised
Wing position
Low
Planform
Straight
Tail
Conventional
Certification
Experimental-LSA
Minimum crew
1

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation2021 / 2021Electric demonstrator in development for all-electric air speed record, achieving 345.4 mph.

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