Aircraft
CAE Teams with Piper on Electric Archer STC
Working with Piper, Safran and H55, CAE is developing a supplemental type certificate to electrify Piper's PA-28-181 Archer.
From left,  Ron Gunnerson, v-p of sales, marketing, and customer support for Piper; Pierre Fitzgibbon, minister of economy and innovation of Quebec; CAE president and CEO Marc Parent; Francois-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation, science, and industry of Canada. (Photo: Kerry Lynch)
From left, Ron Gunnerson, v-p of sales, marketing, and customer support for Piper; Pierre Fitzgibbon, minister of economy and innovation of Quebec; CAE president and CEO Marc Parent; Francois-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation, science, and industry of Canada. (Photo: Kerry Lynch)

CAE has formed a partnership with Piper Aircraft to develop a supplemental type certificate (STC) for an electric powerplant conversion of the single-engine Piper PA-28-181 Archer light airplane, the companies said Tuesday at the Farnborough Airshow. Under the partnership, Swiss company H55, which provided technology used on the Solar Impulse sun-powered world-rounding airplane, will supply the battery system for the STC. Safran Electrical & Power will supply its EngineUs 100 electric motor that provides a maximum of 150 kW power at takeoff and incorporates an integrated motor controller.


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