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EASA Issues Special Condition Requirements For Electric Propulsion
The special condition document published follows an extensive industry consultation process and will help companies developing new eVTOL aircraft.

EASA recently published the final version of its special condition requirements for the certification of electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems (EHPS). The document, which was subject to extensive consultation during 2020, will be of particular significance to developers of new eVTOL aircraft, but also to a wide array of manned and unmanned aircraft.

The European regulator has not addressed requirements and means of compliance for hydrogen-based propulsion systems. “These designs require further work and research before defining the associated certification requirements,” EASA advised in the introduction to the new document (SC E-19).