Yak-40 fitted with propeller for superconducting motor test

Yak-40 electric motor-c-CIAM

Source: CIAM

Russian researchers are planning to test-fly a Yakovlev Yak-40 modified with a superconducting electric motor and propeller mounted on the trijet’s nose.

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