Harbour Air is nearing the 100th flight of its electric eBeaver, which is powered by a MagniX propulsion system that includes the motor, control electronics, and cooling system. At the McKinsey Regional Air Mobility Summit on March 28, MagniX chief technology officer Riona Armesmith provided an update on the development of MagniX’s electric propulsion system and Harbour Air’s eBeaver, in which the original float-equipped de Havilland DHC-2’s Pratt & Whitney R-985 piston radial engine are replaced with a smooth-running, quieter, and easier-to-maintain electric powerplant.
“We’ve been flying the eBeaver for five years now,” at Harbour Air’s Canada headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia, Armesmith said. “We still learn stuff all the time with the aircraft, especially with operations and maintenance. We just did our second teardown, strip, and inspection on the engine, then put it all back together and back in the aircraft. We do that about every two [to] two and a half years to see what’s going on.”
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