The Allplane Podcast #133: large electric aircraft with Daniel Rosen Jacobson, co-founder of Elysian Aircraft
What if building a large scale battery-powered aircraft was more feasible than originally thought?
Our guest on this episode of the podcast, Daniel Rosen Jacobson co-founder and co-CEO of Elysian Aircraft, has come on the podcast to explain how asking the right questions and conducting scientific research laid the groundwork for the truly ambitious project that is the E9X electric airliner.
While most electric aircraft projects have focused on the development of smaller aircraft, Elysian Aircraft is taking on the mainstream air travel market with a zero-emissions aircraft concept capable of carrying up to 90 passengers over distances of 1,000 kilometers.
This is certainly a bold proposition, but one that, Daniel explains, is well grounded in science and engineering principles laid out by two papers co-authored by researchers at the Technical University of Delft, in The Netherlands.
What’s more, Elysian Aircraft is backed by Panta Holdings, a company that is no strangers to the world of aviation since it is the owner of Fokker Services Group, which is the remaining part of the iconic Dutch aircraft maker of the same name, now providing a range of MRO and other technical services to aircraft operators.
Elysian’s take on the future of zero emissions aircraft has also attracted the interest of consolidated industry players such as the Air France-KLM group and leasing firm TrueNoord, both of which have signed collaboration agreements with Elysian Aircraft with a view to potentially using the E9X aircraft one day in the future.
This will, for now, have to wait a few years, as Elysian Aircraft refines its concept and builds and tests its first prototypes.
In the meantime, though, we can listen to Elysian Aircraft’s co-founder and co-CEO, Daniel Rosen Jacobson, explaining the key elements of this projected aircraft and the role he expects it to play in the future of commercial aviation!
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Things we talk about in this episode
The story of Elysian Aircraft
Why a large scale fully-electric may be a lot more feasible to build than traditionally thought
The science behind the E9X electric airliner concept
At what development stage is the E9X currently at
What are the commercial prospects for the E9X and how it plans to compete with traditional fossil-fuel aircraft
What is next for Elysian Aircraft
Resources
The two research papers that provide the theoretical basis for the aircraft Elysian is developing:
A New Perspective on Battery-Electric Aviation, Part 1
A New Perspective on Battery-Electric Aviation, Part 2
are both available for download through this link
Collaboration agreement between Air France-KLM and Elysian Aircraft
Agreement between Elysian and leasing firm TrueNoord, signed days after we recorded this episode
Elysian aircraft co-founders (left to right): Daniel Rosen Jacobson, Reynard de Vries, Rob Wolleswinkel
A rendering of Elysian’s E9X airliner
Fokker Services Group, now under Panta Holdings
Podcast Music: Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3762-five-armies
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Interview Transcript:
(please note that, although we strive to make it as close as possible to the original recording, the transcript may not be 100% accurate)
