Electric Aviation

The supplied account describes an eight-month period to develop inverter software from an initial starting point to a piloted prototype flight. Fault handling and the constraints of the aviation application were central engineering concerns.

The described work used MATLAB/Simulink to investigate d–q-frame field-oriented control and the required mechanical output. A state machine was developed to handle fault conditions in the electric propulsion system.

The source describes testing in MATLAB/Simulink and in dSPACE/OPAL-RT real-time HIL environments, followed by compiling and deploying the algorithm to the physical controller. This describes the development process and does not establish certified airworthiness or universal fault coverage.

The supplied document identifies the magniX/Harbour Air Beaver prototype flight on December 10, 2019, and the magniX/AeroTEC Cessna Caravan prototype flight on May 28, 2020. It describes a 750-horsepower electric propulsion system for each aircraft.

A linked APEGA article independently reports Siyu Leng’s propulsion-software contribution and the 2019 flight. The detailed development process and 2020 project account above remain attributed to the supplied company document.