A History of Lithium Ion or Why Hybrid Electric is the Future of Aviation

By Dr. Troy Mestler, CEO, Skyfront Tuesday, September 17, 2018 Electric propulsion has changed aircraft manufacturing. The reason is simple: wires bend. Shafts and gears do not. To build a helicopter engineers no longer have to design around a long mechanical shaft and heavy, failure-prone gearbox and clutch that spin to transmit power from the ["]