Cessna 337
National Research Council Canada
In 2019, the Aerospace Research Centre partnered with the Energy, Mining, and Environment Research Centre, Design and Fabrication Services and Construction Research Centre to convert a Cessna 337 to hybrid electric power. Since then, a multi-disciplinary team of more than 40 researchers across Canada have pooled their talents and expertise to replace the aircraft’s rear engine with a fully electric propulsion system that includes an electric motor, battery and supporting systems. It also has one of the highest-voltage electric systems to be commissioned on an aircraft to date.
