{"id":68835,"date":"2022-07-11T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:21:06","slug":"dsc00225_heist_wing1","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/dsc00225_heist_wing1\/","title":{"rendered":"Experimental Wing Tests Electric Propulsion Technologies"},"author":254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[10822,12239],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"Joby Aviation","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Aircraft with large wing and 18 small motors beneath flying through blue sky with streaks of white clouds\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg 1620w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology (LEAPTech) project researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center are performing ground testing of a 31-foot-span, carbon composite wing section with 18 electric motors. The LEAPTech project will test the premise that tighter propulsion-airframe integration, made possible with electric power, will deliver improved efficiency and safety, as well as environmental and economic benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The experimental wing, called the Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed (HEIST), is mounted on a specially modified truck. Testing on the mobile ground rig assembly will provide valuable data and risk reduction applicable to future flight research. Instead of being installed in a wind tunnel, the HEIST wing section will remain attached to load cells on a supporting truss while the vehicle is driven at speeds up to 70 miles per hour across a dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/Features\/leaptech.html\">LEAPTech to Demonstrate Electric Propulsion Technologies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Joby Aviation<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology (LEAPTech) project researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center are performing ground testing of a 31-foot-span, carbon composite wing section with 18 electric motors. The LEAPTech project will test the premise that tighter propulsion-airframe integration, made possible with electric power, will deliver improved efficiency and safety, as well as environmental and economic benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The experimental wing, called the Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed (HEIST), is mounted on a specially modified truck. Testing on the mobile ground rig assembly will provide valuable data and risk reduction applicable to future flight research. Instead of being installed in a wind tunnel, the HEIST wing section will remain attached to load cells on a supporting truss while the vehicle is driven at speeds up to 70 miles per hour across a dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Aircraft with large wing and 18 small motors beneath flying through blue sky with streaks of white clouds","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1620,"height":1080,"file":"2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg","filesize":244018,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=300,200","width":300,"height":200,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=768,512","width":768,"height":512,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=1024,683","width":1024,"height":683,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=1024"},"1536x1536":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=1536,1024","width":1536,"height":1024,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=1536"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=400,267","width":400,"height":267,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=600,400","width":600,"height":400,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=900,600","width":900,"height":600,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=900"},"card-lg":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?resize=1200,800","width":1200,"height":800,"filesize":244018,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg?w=1200"},"full":{"file":"dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"Joby Aviation","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dsc00225_heist_wing1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=68835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}