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Rolls-Royce Turbogenerator Targets eSTOL and eVTOL Markets
Rolls-Royce is developing a turbogenerator at its Dahlewitz facility in Germany for use in advanced-air-mobility (AAM) propulsion systems for electric short-takeoff-and landing (eSTOL) and vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The scalable system will enable extended range on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and later on hydrogen power. Rolls-Royce notes, “We’re demonstrating a core at around 800 kW.” The gas turbine is about 1 meter (3.2 ft.) in length, plus a generator about half a meter long, that converts...
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