Chinesische Flugzeugbatterien erhalten "Doppelzertifizierung", Massenproduktion von Elektroflugzeugen von Zero Gravity beschleunigt sich | Neueste Nachrichten

36Kr has learned that on August 18th, Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry (hereinafter referred to as "Zero Gravity") and Zenith Power New Energy officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the aviation energy system. The aircraft batteries of Zero Gravity's RX1E series of electric fixed - wing aircraft, exclusively supplied by Zenith Power New Energy, have obtained airworthiness certificates from the Chinese civil aviation authority together with the entire aircraft and officially started serial delivery operations.

Release of the strategic cooperation

Zero Gravity is a company that has been observed by 36Kr for a long time. Its core business is the research, development, and manufacturing of new - energy aircraft. Since its establishment, it has planned the research and development of products in three configurations simultaneously - the electric fixed - wing aircraft RX1E - A "Ruixiang", the multi - rotor eVTOL product ZG - ONE "Quefei", and the tilt - rotor eVTOL product ZG - T6.

This strategic cooperation mainly focuses on Zero Gravity's Ruixiang RX1E - A.

As China's first electric light - sport aircraft with complete independent intellectual property rights, the Ruixiang RX1E - A was led and developed by Yang Fengtian of the Academy of Aerospace Sciences. 100% of its core components are made in China. In terms of specific performance indicators, the Ruixiang RX1E - A has a maximum range of 280 km, a cruising speed of 120 km/h, a flight duration of 150 minutes, and can be quickly charged in 5 minutes to meet the requirements for novice pilot training and accompanying flights for experience.

The aircraft batteries supplied by Zenith Power New Energy and installed in the Ruixiang RX1E - A are currently the only "dual - certified" traction batteries in China. They have obtained the AS9100D aerospace quality management system certificate and the aviation battery airworthiness certificate, and have the product features of high energy density, high safety, high discharge rate, and fast charging. In terms of performance indicators, the energy density of these batteries is 320 Wh/kg, they can be charged to 80% within 15 minutes, and can still maintain a high discharge rate of 12C even at a low state of charge of 20%. This not only improves the flight duration and dynamic stability of the aircraft but also ensures safety through the thermal and electrical separation structure and the distributed redundant design.

This strategic cooperation between the two sides will undoubtedly accelerate the mass - production and commercialization process of the Ruixiang RX1E - A.

It is known that the Ruixiang RX1E - A has received over a hundred firm orders and more than a thousand intended orders so far. The improvement of mass - production capacity and the stability of order delivery will also lead Zero Gravity into the phase of scalable operation.

In addition to the Ruixiang RX1E - A, according to the plan, Zero Gravity and Zenith Power New Energy will also carry out in - depth cooperation on the basis of the existing cooperation in the future to develop more aircraft types such as eVTOL.

Moreover, Zero Gravity also announced at the press conference the cooperation relationship with Zenith Power New Energy and the Liaoning Aviation Research Institute. The three parties will use the RX1E series of electric fixed - wing aircraft as the core carrier to jointly promote the implementation and application of China's three - electric system (battery, motor, electrics) in aviation.