Industry Aerospace Headquarters Vaumeilh | Founder Anne Lavrand Founded September 2008 | |
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Genre Electric Engines and Propellers Manufacturer Key people Christian Vandamme, Jérémie Buiatti Products Carbon propellers for aviation | ||
Electravia - Hélices E-Props is a French company based in Vaumeilh, that produces electric propulsion systems and carbon propellers for ultralights, motorgliders, paramotors, airships, UAVs and light airplanes.
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By the beginning of 2014, about 70 aircraft had been equipped with Electravia propulsion systems, including the MC30E Fireflyin August 2011, and the electric motorglider ElectroLight2.
BL1E Electra
Electravia, organized as an association called APAME, first flew its "Electra" electric-powered open-cockpit airplane on Sunday, 23 December 2007 at Aspres sur Buech airfield, Hautes Alpes, France. Test pilot Christian Vandamme flew the strut-equipped aircraft for 48 minutes, covering 50 km (31 mi). The BL1E "Electra" is powered by an 18-kW (24 hp) disk-brushed electric engine driven by a 47 kg (104 lb) KOKAM Lithium-Polymer battery power pack. The BL1E "Electra is the first registered aircraft in the world powered by an electric motor with batteries.
MC15E Cri-Cri
On 5 September 2010, pilot Hugues Duval established a world speed record for electric aircraft with his twin engine MC15E CriCri “E-Cristaline”. The aircraft was equipped with Electravia engines, controllers, batteries and propellers. During the Pontoise Air show, a top speed of 262 km/h (141 kt) was recorded by Aero Club de France organizers. Then, on 25 June 2011, during the official flight presentation at 2011 Paris Air Show (Salon du Bourget), Duval established a new world record of 283 km/h (175.46 mph)
E-Props propellers
Since 2008, Electravia designs and manufactures full carbon propellers for aviation, including fixed pitch, ground-adjustable pitch and variable pitch models. A complete range of propellers for paramotors, ultralights, aircraft and UAV is made in the 1,700 m² workshop on Sisteron's airfield (LFNS). At present, E-Props propellers are the lightest on the market.