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the x-57 Maxwell reached another

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Milestone towards the first test flight

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with the successful installation of

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battery packs in the cabin of the

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aircraft these commercial Lithium-ion

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batteries are secured in custom

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lightweight cases that were extensively

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tested for safety and so the process is

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pretty much based on pretty much working

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from the left side of the aircraft to

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the right side and putting the battery

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modules in conecological order the

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purpose of having the batteries fully

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integrated into the aircraft and

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spinning Motors off of battery power is

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to let us know if we're ready for flight

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upon completion of the battery

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installation the crew successfully

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tested x57's Motors spinning off onboard

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battery power the motors had previously

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spun but were drawing energy from the

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facility power or the batteries outside

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the aircraft operation with the battery

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system installed is an important

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breakthrough since it is the first time

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that the aircraft is capable of taxing

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and flight

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prior to the motor spin test the cruise

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Motors and cruise motor controllers

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underwent random vibration testing in

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this configuration we're shaking the CMC

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or Cruise motor controller in the z-axis

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that's up and down and that way we can

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see if anything is going to come loose

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if we're going to have any problems with

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the unit whatsoever once again just to

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know that this unit is safe for flight

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in the coming weeks the x57 aircraft in

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the mod 2 configuration will begin a

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series of test flights each flight will

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expand upon the other with data

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collected to understand aircraft

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operation and performance the primary

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goal of the x-57 project is to share the

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aircraft's electric propulsion Focus

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design and airworthiness process and

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Technology with regulators and Industry

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which will advance certification

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approaches for distributed electric