CAP Squadron 80 Aerospace Education

This site is intended as a log of Aerospace Education activity in the Civil Air Patrol,
California Wing, San Jose Senior Squadron 80. As such, it will probably be of limited
interest to anyone outside of that organization (and even to many within it), but feel
free to poke around anyway.

We apologize in advance for the utter lack of salacious content. But since there is no shortage
of other sites that will be happy to cater to that need, we won't be losing any sleep over it.

13 December 2021

Presentation: December 2021 (!)

This month's AE presenter: Kailash
Date of presentation: 13-Dec-2021
Subject: The X-57 Maxwell
Description: For this month's presentation, Kailash talked about the X-57 Maxwell, an experimental electric-powered aircraft currently under development at NASA. This is not just a standard airplane fitted with electric motors; it is essentially a testbed for a variety of new technologies being developed specifically for electric aircraft, including a total of 14 motors (12 specifically for takeoff and the two other, larger motors for cruise flight) mounted on the wing's leading edge rather than suspended underneath it, and fitted with propellers that can be folded during flight to reduce drag.

Here's a link to Kailash's YouTube video presentation regarding the X-57 Maxwell:

https://youtu.be/6q8lSd5o8eE

Due to scheduling issues, we rarely have time for an aerospace presentation in December, so this was a rare experience!

CAP Squadron 80 Aerospace Education

13 December 2021

Presentation: December 2021 (!)

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