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Yes there is a lot of development being done in the hybrid space as energy storage solutions aren't quite good enough for the longer range flights currently. One example is a Verde…

Initial gearbox design life is ~40k hours. Bearing life is expected to be upwards of 10k hours. Additionally bearings are designed to be easily replaced. Oil change interval is to …

This is a good question. Aviation has the largest market space for this motor application. The aviation certification time frames are quite laborious, but we are mitigating this by…

I appreciate the advice here. We are actively investigating the FAA Part 33 cert, but a standalone cert for a commercial electric drive hasn't been fully defined yet.

CAN is pretty typical interface for inverters & drives. We communicate the commands via CAN and receive currents, temps, speed, torque, and errors back via CAN. We are using PCAN s…