ELECTRAVIA : twin-engine electric aircraft Cri-Cri MC15E

Twin-Engine MC15E Cri-Cri

World Speed Record with electric aircraft : 283 km/h

On September 5th 2010, pilot Hugues Duval established a world speed record for electric airplane aboard his twin engine MC15E CriCri “E-Cristaline”. During Pontoise Airshow, the top speed of 262 km/h (141 kt) was recorded by Aero Club de France organizers.This airplane was equipped with two ELECTRAVIA electric motors, two E-PROPS propellers specially designed for this record, and two Lithium-Polymère KOKAM BATTERIES.

pilot : Hugues Duval - MC15E Cri-Cri E-Cristaline

during electric aircraft speed record (262 km/h)

Then, on the 25th of June 2011, during official flight presentation in 2011 Paris Air Show (Salon du Bourget), Hugues Duval established a new world record : 283 km/h ! (175,46 mph)

See article on EAA's website : Electric Cri-Cri Breaks Own World Electric Speed Record

Only electric engines allow to fly so fast. The same plane with thermical engines with exactly the same power fly at 220 km/h. The Cri-Cri with ELECTRAVIA electric propulsion system fly at 283 km/h, 63 km/h faster, 30% faster !

This flight has shown to key actors of aeronautics world present at Paris Air Show 2011 that electric engines are a real alternative way of propulsion.

French TV Report, click here!

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TECHNICAL DATA

Twin-engine MC15E Cri-Cri "E-Cristaline"is equipped with electric propulsion systems ELECTRAVIA :

- two electric engines E-MOTOR GMPE 104 (engines and controllers), maximum unit power de 35 HP (total power of the aircraft 70 HP)

- two specific propellers E-PROPS designed for the record (see here Hélices du Record MC15E)

- a Lithium-Polymer batterie of 3 kWh (KOKAM cells, BMS & PCM Electravia)

engine E-MOTOR GMPE 104 : 35 HP

propeller E-PROPS specially designed

for the speed record

ELECTRAVIA team has made great efforts to optimized the engines fairings. The form drag was reducted of 46% with regards to Cri-Cri two-stroke engines version.

carénages moteurs electravia cricri

carénages pods moteurs électriques pour record de vitesse

optimized engines fairings - reduction of 46% of the form drag

This optimization allows to establish world speed records (262, then 283 km/h) with only 25 HP, at 75% of the maximum power. The maximum speed is limited by the VNE of the airframe.

With a special batteries pack, it would be possible to use the engines GMPE 104 at maximum power (70 HP) => it could be possible to reach the speed of 360 km/h !

At speed 110 km/h, the endurance of the Cri-Cri is 25 mn of flight.

power curve

MC15 "Cri-Cri" n° 27 F-PZTU

cricri thermique

old version with two engines JPX

with 30 HP => max speed 220 km/h

cricri électrique

new version with two electric engines ELECTRAVIA

with 25 HP => max speed 283 km/h !

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BRETON SHUTTLE - SEPT 2012

At the end of the 90s, Yves Duval, Hughes' father, presented in airshows the "Breton Shuttle": a Broussard with a small Cri-Cri on his cockpit for the take-off, then once during flight, Cri-Cri takes off from the Broussard and evolved by its side. At that time, both aircraft were sponsored by the company Brittany Ferries. The installation of Cri-Cri on the Broussard required some means of lifting:

navette bretonne duval cricri broussard

Breton Shuttle at the end of the 90s

In 2012, the Breton Shuttle is again operational, this time with electric Cri-Cri E-Cristaline and the Broussard in the colors of the Group Tranchant. It participates in some airshows: Cergy-Pontoise, Roanne... The public is delighted to discover this a little bit particular "hybrid"aircraft !

Breton Shuttle Broussard Cri-Cri electric ELECTRAVIA 2012

Bretion Shuttle in Sept 2012

(Cergy-Pontoise airshow 02/09/2012) - click on the pictures to open them

Electric engines used by the Cri-Cri, more reliable than its old 2-stroke engines, secures strongly this kind of presentation.

very silent aircraft = very small headset

video :"Navette Spéciale" teaser

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ELECTRIC CRI-CRI E-CRISTALINE AT PARIS AIR SHOW 2011

It is the first time that a 100% electric aircraft is flying during the Paris Air Show. In the same time, presence at the Air Show of the SOLAR IMPULSE eclipses all other electric aircraft. But airshow visitors have seen the Cri-Cri flying all days.

Pilot Hugues Duval in his twin-electric-engine "Cri-Cri", the smallest plane in the world,

is overshadowed by the Boeing 747-8FA during the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, France

(Pascal Rossignol for Reuters)

le cri-cri MC15E au Salon du Bourget 2011

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CRI-CRI E-CRISTALINE AT AERO 2011 AIRSHOW

Cri-Cri was present at the Airshow AERO Friedrichshafen 2011, and participate to the LEAP Prize, a biannual suite of prizes designed to accelerate development of practical electric flight, and stimulate meaningful advances in the emerging electric aircraft industry.

Finalists of the Lindbergh Prize were :

• The Pipistrel Taurus Electro
• The Sunseeker II solar airplane by Eric Raymond

• The Hugues Duval Electric Cri-Cri with power by Electravia

Pipistrel was the winner, but the Cri-Cri team was very proud to have been choosen as finalist !

jury du prix Lindbergh