{"id":241868,"date":"2015-05-01T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg"},"modified":"2024-01-18T17:27:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:27:01","slug":"ten-engine-electric-plane-prototype-takes-off-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/ten-engine-electric-plane-prototype-takes-off-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten-Engine Electric Plane Prototype Takes Off"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","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":[10822,12276],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"NASA Langley \/ David C. Bowman","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"NASA GL-10 takeoff\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=900,675 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/langley\/ten-engine-electric-plane-completes-successful-flight-test\">developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that has 10 engines<\/a> and can take off like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. The prototype, called Greased Lightning or GL-10, is currently in the design and testing phase. The initial thought was to develop a 20-foot wingspan (6.1 meters) aircraft powered by hybrid diesel\/electric engines, but the team started with smaller versions for testing, built by rapid prototyping.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent spring day the engineers took the GL-10 to test its wings at a military base about two hours away from NASA Langley. The remotely piloted plane has a 10-foot wingspan (3.05 meters), eight electric motors on the wings, two electric motors on the tail and weighs a maximum of 62 pounds (28.1 kilograms) at take off. This photograph captures the GL-10 prototype taking off in hover mode like a helicopter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA Langley\/David C. Bowman<\/em><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center is developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that has 10 engines and can take off like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. The prototype, called Greased Lightning or GL-10, is currently in the design and testing phase. The initial thought was to develop a 20-foot wingspan (6.1 meters) aircraft powered by hybrid diesel\/electric engines, but the team started with smaller versions for testing, built by rapid prototyping.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent spring day the engineers took the GL-10 to test its wings at a military base about two hours away from NASA Langley. The remotely piloted plane has a 10-foot wingspan (3.05 meters), eight electric motors on the wings, two electric motors on the tail and weighs a maximum of 62 pounds (28.1 kilograms) at take off. This photograph captures the GL-10 prototype taking off in hover mode like a helicopter.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"NASA GL-10 takeoff","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":781,"file":"2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg","filesize":68145,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=300,225","width":300,"height":225,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=768,576","width":768,"height":576,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=1024,768","width":1024,"height":768,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=400,300","width":400,"height":300,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=600,450","width":600,"height":450,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg?resize=900,675","width":900,"height":675,"filesize":68145,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"gl10-hover-02.jpg","width":1024,"height":768,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gl10-hover-02.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"NASA Langley \/ David C. 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