R\u00e9mi Robache then shared the approach and achievements that P&WC has been using to prove the viability of hybrid electric propulsion. The presentation ranged from assessing battery technology for full electric solutions, to settling on a hybrid design approach using 1MW electric motor for additional takeoff power with a 1MW thermal engine to handle sustained cruise power. He walked the assembled group through some of the technical challenges they are resolving, like managing the high voltage transmission through the airframe, to selecting the best battery technology (balancing thermal runaway parameters, energy density, service life, etc.\u2026) and managing the increased risk of over-torquing components due to the rapid power delivery of electric motors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then retired RCAF Major and current associate director at P&WC Pierre Lalancette shared his \u201cone fight, one team\u201d philosophy to accomplishing missions. He shared the origin of this philosophy at the US Army base in Fort Bliss where the RCAF helicopter crews were tasked with retrieving a US Army soldier that was injured while training in difficult terrain, where all the members of the team, from the pilots, to ground crews, to the equipment OEMs and the training personnel back home all do their part to ensure mission success. Pierre went on to share stories from several deployments over the years, in the middle east, Kosovo, long ferry flights to Haiti, and emergency response work home in Canada, in every story is a common theme where there is a massive team behind every successful mission.<\/p>\n
A heartfelt thank you from the VFS Montreal-Ottawa chapter to the speakers and to Pratt & Whitney for hosting a great event.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le campus de Longueuil de Pratt & Whitney Canada a accueilli avec g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 les membres de la section VFS Montr\u00e9al-Ottawa lors d’une soir\u00e9e ensoleill\u00e9e le 13 mai. Apr\u00e8s une agr\u00e9able s\u00e9ance de r\u00e9seautage et des rafra\u00eechissements, Mike Rossi a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 l’approche dynamique et stimulante de Pratt & Whitney Canada pour offrir les meilleurs produits sur le march\u00e9 en restant \u00e0 l’\u00e9coute des besoins de ses clients.<\/p>\n R\u00e9mi Robache a ensuite pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 l’approche et les r\u00e9alisations de P&WC pour d\u00e9montrer la viabilit\u00e9 de la propulsion hybride \u00e9lectrique. La pr\u00e9sentation a couvert un \u00e9ventail de sujets allant de l’\u00e9valuation de la technologie des batteries pour des solutions enti\u00e8rement \u00e9lectriques \u00e0 l’adoption d’une approche de conception hybride utilisant un moteur \u00e9lectrique de 1 MW pour une puissance suppl\u00e9mentaire au d\u00e9collage et un moteur thermique de 1 MW pour assurer une puissance de croisi\u00e8re soutenue. Il a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 au groupe r\u00e9uni certains des d\u00e9fis techniques qu’ils doivent relever, comme la gestion de la transmission haute tension \u00e0 travers le ch\u00e2ssis (airframe<\/em>), le choix de la meilleure technologie de batterie (\u00e9quilibre entre les param\u00e8tres d’emballement thermique, la densit\u00e9 \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique, la dur\u00e9e de vie, etc.) et la gestion du risque accru de sur-couple des composants d\u00fb \u00e0 la fourniture rapide de puissance par les moteurs \u00e9lectriques.<\/p>\n Pierre Lalancette, alors major de l’ARC \u00e0 la retraite et actuel directeur associ\u00e9 chez P&WC, a partag\u00e9 sa philosophie \u00ab\u00a0un combat, une \u00e9quipe\u00a0\u00bb pour accomplir les missions. Il a expliqu\u00e9 l’origine de cette philosophie \u00e0 la base de l’arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine de Fort Bliss, o\u00f9 les \u00e9quipages d’h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res de l’ARC ont \u00e9t\u00e9 charg\u00e9s de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer un soldat bless\u00e9 lors d’un entra\u00eenement en terrain difficile. Tous les membres de l’\u00e9quipe, des pilotes aux \u00e9quipes au sol, en passant par les fabricants d’\u00e9quipement et le personnel de formation au pays, ont contribu\u00e9 au succ\u00e8s de la mission. Pierre a ensuite partag\u00e9 des anecdotes tir\u00e9es de plusieurs d\u00e9ploiements au fil des ans, au Moyen-Orient, au Kosovo, lors de longs vols de convoyage vers Ha\u00efti et lors de missions d’intervention d’urgence au Canada. Les histoires ont un th\u00e8me commun\u00a0: derri\u00e8re chaque mission r\u00e9ussie se cache une \u00e9quipe formidable.<\/p>\n Un merci sinc\u00e8re de la part du chapitre VFS Montr\u00e9al-Ottawa aux conf\u00e9renciers et \u00e0 Pratt & Whitney pour cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement exceptionnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Une version fran\u00e7aise est disponible plus bas. Pratt & Whitney Canada\u2019s Longueuil campus graciously hosted the members of the VFS Montreal-Ottawa chapter on a sunny and warm evening May 13th. 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