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NASA marked two major milestones in the

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effort to develop the agency's first

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crude explain in two decades the

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all-electric x57 maxwell which will fly

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to demonstrate the benefits of using

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distributed electric propulsion at this

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point throttle and idle right motor area

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clear progress is being made in the

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vehicle's initial transformation into an

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electric aircraft the phase of the

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project known as mod 2 engineers for the

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first time installed and tested both

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electric cruise motors with their

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propellers at the same time Earth

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powdered stable at 400 the spin test

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verified that the motors and propellers

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operated as expected under significant

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amounts of power these tests performed

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at skilled composites in Mojave

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California precede delivery of the mod

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to vehicle itself to NASA where it will

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undergo verification taxi tests and

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ultimately or flight tests back it in

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there lift it up he can drive out like

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the original plan set it right back down

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like we make the plan

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while the mod 2 vehicle continues to

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take shape NASA's team lays the

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groundwork for the project's next phase

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mod 3 the mod 3 wing was delivered by

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empirical system to aerospace to NASA's

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Armstrong Flight Research Center where

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it is undergoing weight and balance

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measurement ground vibration testing and

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wing loading tests to verify the wing

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specification this wing won't fly for a

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couple years we're integrating our

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electric system into the wing and then

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it will fly on our on our x57 aircraft

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and what we call the mod 3 configuration

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at the same time we've got our mod 2

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integration happening where we've got

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the original low aspect ratio wing being

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integrated with our electric motors and

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battery system and that's happening just