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Behind the curtain
Discussing innovation and safety at GA Engine Summit
BY MIKE BUSCH
DANIEL HERTZBERG
IN SEPTEMBER 2017, I was invited to participate in a two-day GA Engine Summit in
Burlington, Massachusetts. The meeting
was a long-awaited sequel to the first GA
Engine Summit that took place in 2015, and
was designed to keep communication lines
open between the FAA and the general aviation industry. This year's summit was hosted
by the FAA's Aircraft Certification Service,
and attended by representatives from across
the piston GA industry. The FAA discussed
the agency's role in facilitating innovation in
powerplants and fuels, accident data, and the
FAA's process for issuing airworthiness directives (ADs), among other topics.
ELECTRIC PROPULSION REVOLUTION
Electric propulsion is advancing quickly and
feels like a revolution, according to Gary
Horan of the FAA's Policy and Innovation
Division. Both pure electric propulsion
and hybrid electric propulsion are becoming viable for short-range small manned
aircraft, he said. Of course, electric propulsion is already the dominant choice for
small drones.
The FAA sees small and novel electrically propelled aircraft as becoming
big players before the end of the decade.
Following shortly thereafter, in the early
2020s, the FAA expects the introduction
of hybrid electric propulsion in aircraft
weighing up to 19,000 pounds. (Hybrid
propulsion systems combine a conventional reciprocating or turbine engine
with electric motors and batteries.)
Horan said industry applicants have
been approaching the FAA for guidance
on how to approach certification, and
electric propulsion is at the threshold
of becoming a major player in the world
of certificated aircraft. Driving this revolution is the advancement of improved
battery and electric motor technology.
The FAA's goal is to facilitate the
development of industry-based consensus standard for approval of electric
and hybrid/electric propulsion systems,
working through ASTM International
subcommittee F39.05. This committee consists of 16 people, including five
from the FAA. Clearly the FAA is taking
a proactive role in helping to guide this
process. The first goal of the committee is to develop a consensus standard
for a simple base electric motor system
and means for compliance for small GA
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