Daher & Airbus' Hybrid Turboprop - AVweb

Daher, Airbus and Safran announced they are teaming up to develop a "hybrid-propulsion" aircraft to fly in 2022. Based on a TBM airframe still fitted with a Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprop, the video produced by Daher reveals six electric motors mounted to the leading edge of the wing.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/daher-airbus-hybrid-turboprop

This is the way to go, using electric power to boost take-off, climb, and go-around power, leaving the rest to a reliable conventional powerplant, with, or without, an attached generator, depending on the kind of use envisioned.

At some point I hope someone will point out that “electric” does not improve range, performance, payload, lower costs or speed.