“magniX Samson Batteries to Power Bye Aerospace eFlyer Prototype Training Aircraft”

Bat­tery pro­duc­er, U.S‑based mag­niX, recent­ly announced that Bye Aero­space, a devel­op­er of elec­tric air­craft, has cho­sen magniX’s Sam­son bat­tery prod­uct to pow­er its eFly­er 2 air­craft pro­to­type, reports a press release. 

Col­orado-locat­ed Bye Aero­space has ordered Sam­son bat­ter­ies for the first flight of its two-seat all-elec­tric train­ing air­craft, sched­uled for ear­ly next year. These bat­ter­ies offer indus­try-lead­ing ener­gy den­si­ty of over 1,000 full-depth dis­charge cycles along­side patent­ed safe­ty tech­nolo­gies. 

The release explains, “Draw­ing on the com­pa­ny’s exten­sive real-world elec­tric flight expe­ri­ence, they are engi­neered to sim­pli­fy air­craft inte­gra­tion, while enabling longer ranges, high­er pay­loads and greater time in ser­vice. Beyond avi­a­tion, Sam­son bat­ter­ies are designed for scal­a­bil­i­ty across defence, indus­tri­al and sta­tion­ary ener­gy stor­age appli­ca­tions.”

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

Bye Aero­space is address­ing the pilot short­age fac­ing the avi­a­tion indus­try. Flight schools are under pres­sure to train more peo­ple effi­cient­ly and afford­ably. Its eFly­er air­craft offers low­er oper­at­ing costs, top per­for­mance and zero-emis­sion elec­tric propul­sion, mak­ing train­ing more acces­si­ble, while advanc­ing a clean­er and more sus­tain­able future for avi­a­tion.

Reed Mac­don­ald, CEO of mag­niX, com­ment­ed, “Being select­ed as the new bat­tery provider for the eFly­er 2 air­craft pro­to­type, shows the trust that is being plac­ing in Sam­son as one of the safest and most advanced bat­tery sys­tems for elec­tric avi­a­tion.”

He con­tin­ued, “We look for­ward to the first flight and to build­ing a strong part­ner­ship. Bye Aero­space is doing great work in demon­strat­ing the tech­no­log­i­cal and com­mer­cial poten­tial of elec­tric air­craft.”

The order fol­lows an announce­ment in July of magniX’s part­ner­ship with Robin­son to devel­op an elec­tric heli­copter demon­stra­tor based on its pop­u­lar R66 mod­el. This high­lights the accel­er­at­ing adop­tion of Sam­son by com­pa­nies requir­ing advanced, cer­ti­fi­able bat­tery sys­tems across aero­space plat­forms.

The next gen­er­a­tion Sam­son bat­tery is pow­ered by a new indus­try-lead­ing 400 Wh/kg cell (Cred­it: mag­niX)

Rod Zas­trow, CEO of Bye Aero­space, remarked, “This mile­stone marks an impor­tant step in our mis­sion to deliv­er much low­er oper­at­ing costs, enhanced reli­a­bil­i­ty, and sus­tain­able per­for­mance for flight schools. Our col­lab­o­ra­tion with mag­niX dur­ing the eFly­er 2 pro­to­type phase brings togeth­er our inno­v­a­tive air­frame with the bat­tery devel­op­er’s proven elec­tric pow­er sys­tems, lay­ing the foun­da­tion for a clean­er, more effi­cient future in avi­a­tion train­ing.”

For more infor­ma­tion

www.magnix.aero

https://byeaerospace.com

(Top image:Bye Aero­space eFly­er 2)

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