skip to main content a helicopter engine cuts this hybrid plane’s fuel use in half zunum aero is using a modified helicopter engine to generate power, supplementing the batteries packed in its fuselage. zumum’s first aircraft, the za10, will be a like a chevy volt for the skies, ...
Zunum Aero has chosen a new turbine engine from Safran Helicopter Engines to drive the electrical generator in the hybrid-to-electric commercial aircraft it expects to reach the market in the early 2020s, the Washington state-based venture announced on October 4 Internally dubbed the ZA10, the ...