{"id":31969,"date":"2025-06-17T00:32:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=31969"},"modified":"2025-06-17T00:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:34:21","slug":"voltaero-unveils-production-configuration-of-cassio-330-electric-hybrid-aircraft-for-regional-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/voltaero-unveils-production-configuration-of-cassio-330-electric-hybrid-aircraft-for-regional-transportation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"VoltAero Unveils Production Configuration of Cassio 330 Electric-Hybrid Aircraft for Regional Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VoltAero presented the production version of its Cassio 330 electric-hybrid aircraft for sustainable regional transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production configuration represents an evolution of the Cassio 330\u2019s design that reflects VoltAero\u2019s close working relationship with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness certification agency throughout the aircraft\u2019s development, applying the company\u2019s Design Organization Approval (DOA).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Multiple factors led to this evolution, resulting in decreased complexity for the Cassio 330\u2019s airworthiness certification and aligning its overall design in compliance with EASA\u2019s latest CS.23 certification specifications for normal category airplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we take another step toward the Cassio 330\u2019s production, our strategy remains unchanged: using safe and efficient electric-hybrid propulsion and power technologies that are realistically available today, applying them to a conventional takeoff\/landing aircraft for sustainable regional transportation using existing airport infrastructure,\u201d explained Jean Botti, VoltAero\u2019s CEO & Chief Technology Officer, during today\u2019s unveiling event at Le Bourget Airport ahead of the Paris Air Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of VoltAero\u2019s evolution for the Cassio 330 production version is the use of a series-hybrid architecture. A \u201cpusher\u201d electric motor is installed on each side of the aft fuselage, and a thermal engine inside the aircraft serves as a range extender by recharging the onboard batteries. During taxi, takeoff and initial flight phases, the Cassio 330 operates on all-electric propulsion for eco-efficient and quiet operations. The thermal engine recharges the batteries during cruise flight as a range extender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This series-hybrid architecture reflects a changeover from the Cassio 330\u2019s original parallel-hybrid configuration, which incorporated an in-line combination of an electrical motor and thermal engine to drive a single propeller.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another visible difference for the Cassio 330\u2019s production configuration is VoltAero\u2019s adoption of a T-tail instead of the original design\u2019s twin booms that supported a high-set horizontal tail. This change eliminates the potential of damage to the twin booms in the event of a propeller blade failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new configuration has a fully redundant architecture for operational safety. This begins with the two aft-fuselage-mounted Safran ENGINeUS\u2122 smart electric motors, placing the Cassio 330 in the multi-engine aircraft category and opening its potential use in commercial air transport operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributing to the configuration\u2019s designed-in redundancy is VoltAero\u2019s use of two individual, independent battery strings that are coupled with the ENGINeUS\u2122 motors. Additionally, Safran\u2019s ENGINeUS\u2122 motor design has two separately-powered stator winding channels that can operate independently \u2013 which is referred to as \u201chalf-engine-inoperative\u201d (HEI) functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cassio 330\u2019s interior layout remains unchanged, accommodating the pilot and up to five travelers in a spacious cabin \u2013 retaining the modularity for passenger transportation, cargo operations, and medical evacuation\/air ambulance missions. A large door forward of the wing facilitates access for passengers with reduced mobility, especially on PSO (Public Service Obligation) flights serving airports that are not on primary airline routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VoltAero will produce the Cassio 330 at a purpose-built 2,400-square-meter industrial facility at Saint Agnant in the Charente-Maritime department of France\u2019s Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region. Inaugurated last November, this location serves as the primary hub for production and delivery of Cassio-family aircraft \u2013 supported by VoltAero\u2019s on-site design, engineering, flight test and administrative departments.  It is sized for the assembly of 150 Cassio airplanes annually at full rate, to be backed by additional production sites created in other key geographical markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VoltAero presented the production version of its Cassio 330 electric-hybrid aircraft for sustainable regional transportation. The production configuration represents an evolution of the Cassio 330\u2019s design that reflects VoltAero\u2019s close working relationship with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness certification agency throughout the aircraft\u2019s development, applying the company\u2019s Design Organization Approval (DOA). Multiple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,116,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evtol","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/955c72a0-9cbe-0dd9-0bd6-4c3a66649f82-edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31973,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31969\/revisions\/31973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}