World Speed record attempt for an electric aircraft on schedule.

**Lake X Kid** · 09-16-2021, 01:09 PM

After months of delays, Rolls-Royce’s all-electric aircraft, Spirit of Innovation, has finally taken to the skies.
Performed on 15 September from Qinetiq-operated Boscombe Down airfield in southwest England, the 15min sortie will usher in an intense period of flight-testing ahead of an autumn attempt on the world speed record for an electric aircraft.

A modified Sharp Nemesis NXT, Spirit of Innovation has had its regular combustion engine replaced by a trio of electric motors supplied by YASA and a 6,000-cell battery pack from Electroflight, delivering 400kW.
Rolls-Royce boasts that the battery pack is the most “power-dense” ever assembled for an aircraft.

Rolls-Royce hopes maiden sortie will speed Spirit of Innovation towards record attempt | News | Flight Global

**Lake X Kid** · 09-16-2021, 01:11 PM

**Chaz** · 09-18-2021, 10:45 PM

Kid ... thanks for being a stand-up guy and putting the thread title and subject matter in parallel.

400 kw out of 6000 battery cells .. I reckon that must be pretty good .. for a big drone.

400 mph out of a "sports class" twin seater , sure looks , sounds , is faster and can go quite a bit farther on a single charge .. err ... tank full .

November 2022 .. back to reality