08 June 2011
ENFICA-FC project won the REACT competition for climate-friendly transport.
20 May 2010
At 07:14 UTC on 20th May 2010, European Commission research project Rapid200Fc, hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft, took its maiden flight in Reggio Emilia. The first aero-mechanical flight was followed by a 11 minutes flight envelope investigation flight. The hybrid power system, completely electrical and composed by a 20kW PEM fuel cell and a 20 kW Li-Po battery, was successfully tested during the experimental flight. Level flight at 700ft and 130 km/h was attained by mean of partial fuel cell power setting. Positive handling qualities and satysfactory engine performances let the test team to consider this successful early flight as a further step in introduction of clean energy in aeronautics. Official demonstration flight will be performed next week at Reggio Emilia airport.
Reggio Emilia, Italy
22 February 2010
The first high speed taxiing tests were successfully carried out on the Rapid 200-FC “zero emission” aircraft between December 2009 and February 2010.
Reggio Emilia, Italy
01 December 2009
ENFICA-FC RAPID-200 has been tested in its final configuration since end of October 2009. The final test phase is taking place at Reggio Emilia Airport, Italy.
23 October 2009
ENFICA-FC converted RAPID-200 is finally assembled and delivered for flight testing phase of the project at NAUTILUS hangar at Reggio Emilia airport.
23 March 2009
The ENFICA-FC 8th Technical Meeting was held in Pisa, Italy, hosted by Università di Pisa, on 18rd and 20th March.
10 November 2008
The 7th ENFICA-FC Technical Meeting / 2nd Year Review Meeting was held in Tel-Aviv, IL, hosted by Israel Aircraft Industries, on 4th and 5th November.
05 July 2008
The ENFICA-FC 5th Technical Meeting was held in Loughborough, UK, hosted by Intelligent Energy, on 3rd and 4th July.