magniX launches Samson battery product, which is designed for ‘ease of integration’ and suited to power eVTOL aircraft

mag­niX has announced the launch of Sam­son bat­tery line of prod­ucts, which the com­pa­ny says will be cer­ti­fi­able under avi­a­tion reg­u­la­tions, while deliv­er­ing indus­try-lead­ing ener­gy den­si­ty, unmatched cycle life and patent­ed safe­ty fea­tures. 

In a press release released ear­li­er this week, mag­niX says com­bin­ing the Sam­son bat­ter­ies will pro­vides cus­tomers with a ful­ly opti­mised and inte­grat­ed elec­tric pow­er­train for aero­space.

Designed for ease of inte­gra­tion, they are also ide­al­ly suit­ed to pow­er eVTOL air­craft, as well as for use in appli­ca­tions beyond aero­space, such as pow­er­ing marine craft.

Reed Mac­don­ald, CEO of mag­niX, said: “We are thrilled to intro­duce this rev­o­lu­tion­ary bat­tery tech­nol­o­gy to the world of elec­tric avi­a­tion and beyond. With the devel­op­ment of our Sam­son bat­ter­ies, mag­niX can now offer cus­tomers a ful­ly inte­grat­ed elec­tric pow­er­train, and it’s just the begin­ning.

“The roadmap to an ener­gy den­si­ty of 400Wh/kg or more is look­ing very promis­ing. The future of flight is here, and it is being pow­ered by mag­niX.” 

The mag­niX Samson300 is the first in the bat­tery prod­uct line and has a design focused on max­imis­ing ener­gy den­si­ty for greater range and larg­er pay­loads.

Key fea­tures include:

• Unpar­al­leled ener­gy den­si­ty of 300-Watt hours per kilo­gram (Wh/kg) 
• Bat­tery cycle life of over 1,000 full-depth dis­charge cycles to reduce oper­at­ing costs 
• Patent­ed safe­ty tech­nolo­gies, includ­ing cell lev­el pro­tec­tions from ther­mal run­away and abil­i­ty to store bat­ter­ies for long peri­ods at zero charge 
• Fast air­craft turn­around time, with active on ground cool­ing dur­ing charg­ing, and the option for pas­sive cool­ing in flight, min­i­miz­ing weight and com­plex­i­ty in the air­craft
• Inte­grat­ed pow­er elec­tron­ics and dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem for bet­ter pow­er man­age­ment sup­ply to the propul­sion sys­tem
• Mod­u­lar bat­tery archi­tec­ture to pow­er larg­er air­craft and allow for sim­ple replace­ment
• Com­pre­hen­sive sys­tem designed for cer­ti­fi­ca­tion under avi­a­tion reg­u­la­tions 

mag­niX Sam­son bat­ter­ies have been devel­oped with the ben­e­fit of magniX’s exten­sive expe­ri­ence in elec­tric flight, advanced engi­neer­ing, and soft­ware capa­bil­i­ties. Sam­son bat­ter­ies pro­vide a safe, prac­ti­cal solu­tion for bat­tery elec­tric and hybrid elec­tric air­craft.

Designed for ease of inte­gra­tion, they are also ide­al­ly suit­ed to pow­er heli­copters and eVTOLs, as well as for use in appli­ca­tions beyond aero­space, such as pow­er­ing marine craft.

Ben Lox­ton, VP of Ener­gy Stor­age Sys­tems (ESS) and the NASA Elec­tric Pow­er­train Flight Demon­stra­tion (EPFD) Pro­gram at mag­niX, added: “magniX’s Sam­son bat­ter­ies rep­re­sent a break­through for mag­niX and elec­tric avi­a­tion.

“With unri­valled ener­gy den­si­ty, cycle life, and safe­ty fea­tures, magniX’s Sam­son bat­ter­ies will help to unlock the tremen­dous poten­tial of elec­tric flight – enabling many eVTOLs and elec­tric pro­grams on the edge of via­bil­i­ty to become viable.”