Cosmic Aerospace's Hangar & Flight Day

This Tuesday ATC Network attended Cosmic Aerospace's Hangar & Flight Day at DronePort / Brustem Airport in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. 

This event would see the first EU demonstration of Cosmic Aerospace's fully electric subscale demonstrator.

The CX-2 is a subscale version of the electric aircraft Cosmic Skylark. This aircraft will hold 24 passengers and have a range of 1000 km.

Due to it's innovative aeronautical design with a light structure and ultra efficient wing design the Skylark will not be dependent on the next generation of battery to be able to achieve it's planned entry into operation.

At the moment this planned entry into operation is targeting 2029.

HANGAR

The event was opened by DronePort's CEO Ward Decaluwe and Cosmic Aeropspace's Founder and CEO Christopher Chahine.

After which an interesting and informative panel session took place hosted by Luc Tytgat (Former EASA). Also on the expert panel were Tim Rimez (BCAA), Johan Maertens (ASL Group), Christopher Chahine (Cosmic Aerospace), Ward Decaluwe (DronePort/Brustem Airport), Joel Larsson (Pale blue dot) and Clément Dufour (H55).


Expert Panel Discussion 

Concluding the Hangar part of the day Christopher Chahine and Marshall Gusman (CTO) at Cosmic gave an introduction to the technical approach of Cosmic Aerospace. They also introduced the team at Cosmic. 


The team from Cosmic Aerospace


Cabin Model of Cosmic Skylark

FLIGHT 

Leaving the hangar the attendees were invited to the airport apron to watch the much anticipated flight demonstration of the CX-2. The subscale demonstrator quickly took to the air from the runway and completed multiple circuits for the spectators. 


Spectators awaiting the take-off of the CX-2



CX-2 final approach to land.

Cosmic Aerospace CX-2

To complete the proceedings we were given a demonstration of the Cosmic Aerospace Electric Power Turbofan. This turbofan has the same thrust to weight ratio as a traditional gas turbine. 2.5 times the efficiency. Lower maintenance, manufacturing costs, noise output and most importantly zero emissions.


Cosmic Aerospace's Electric Powered Turbofan.

The day concluded with a drinks reception / networking session in the excellent DronePort Cuisine restaurant. An extremely interesting and informative event and I personally am looking forward to follow the Cosmic Aerospace journey and the development of the Cosmic Skylark.