A new kind of aircraft departs an MIT classroom and arrives at an Ohio factory

Electra’s hybrid, fixed-wing aircraft could make travel easier for passengers taking shorter trips. The company grew out of a capstone design class project co-taught by MIT Professors Mark Drela and John Hansman who is also a Co-Director of the MIT Portugal Program. 

The capstone design class has also been offered as a Collaborative Capstone Project by Hansman and Alexandra Moutinho, Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, to students from MIT and Portugal which designed a Stratospheric Solar Electric Climate Observation Aircraft.

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Read more about Electra’s fixed-wing aircraft in the MIT News.