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How Does Distributed Electric Propulsion Technology Stack Up to Piston Engines?
Engines
Electric motors are smaller, quieter, and lighter but transfer less power than combustion engines. So the X-57 has 14 electric motors instead of two piston engines!
Why was the X-57 nicknamed the Maxwell?
James Clerk Maxwell, a 19th century Scottish physicist, pioneered the theory of electromagnetism, which paved the way for Einstein's theory of special relativity and Planck's formulation of quantum mechanics.
