Aircraft
AeroTec, magniX To Electrify Caravans
Modification work to install and certify the 750-hp magni500 electric propulsion system on Cessna 208 already underway

U.S.-based aerospace testing and engineering specialist AeroTec (Hall 3, Washington State Pavilion A82) and electric aircraft propulsion system manufacturer magniX (Hall 2B DE18) announced at the Paris Air Show plans to test and certify the 750-hp magni500 system on a Cessna 208 Caravan. AeroTec will be responsible for the Caravan’s modification design, integration, and flight tests. The modifications are already under way at AeroTec’s flight test Center in Moses Lake, Washington, with first flight coming by year’s end, AeroTec said. 


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