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"The Air Is Electric"

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apophenia:
In late 2018, Vancouver-based Harbour Air announced that they would move towards an 'emissions-free' fleet. The Harbour Air de Havilland Canada Beavers, Otters, and Twin Otters are all to be re-engined with MagniX magni500 electric motors producing 750 shp. 

That got me wondering what this future Harbour Air fleet would actually look like. So, here is Harbour's Turbo-Otter C-GHAS (in its special 'Fly Carbon Neutral' scheme) with the PT-6A replaced by a MagniX magni500 motor.

I placed the oil coolers beneath the motor ... whereas the MagniX Cessna Caravan 'iron bird' has its coolers mounted to starboard. I assume the 'iron bird' simply re-used the Caravan's cooler location. Mainly, I chose the under-motor cooler location to make this whif more subtle.

Oz Content: MagniX is based in Arundel, Queensland (south of Brisbane). A few months back, MagniX opened a new headquarters in Redmond, Washington (a bit closer for Harbou Air). AFAIK, tech development will remain in Oz while all the biz stuff happens in Boeingland.

GTX_Admin:
Exciting company.  Have visited their Arundel facility and held discussions with them.  Have also seen the engines in question.  Looking forward to seeing them make a lot of waves in the future.

Their website:  https://www.magnix.aero
Some recent news:  https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/magnix-to-supply-eviation-alice-motors-as-all-electr-457593/
https://thedriven.io/2019/04/22/australias-magnix-chosen-to-power-eviation-electric-aircraft/

GTX_Admin:
The Story behind the Harbour Air deal:  https://thedriven.io/2019/03/27/canadian-airline-first-all-electric-fleet-in-world/

GTX_Admin:
Other comments removed and sent to the Back Bar for now so as to let original thread to continue.

apophenia:
Thanks Greg. And that was supposed to be the non-controversial part!  ;)

My next topic was going to be the controversial one  >:D

BTW: Agreed on MagniX beng an exciting firm. They seem to be way ahead of everyone else - actual hardware instead of aspirational artwork! What was your impression of the Arundel facility?

On this side of the pond, we're given the sense that MagniX has "moved" to Redmond. Am I closer to the mark with the notion that technical work continues at Arundel while the suits are now based in Washington State?

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