eBeaver conversion
Electric aircraft conversion
All-electric conversion of the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, developed with magniX and H55 and undergoing FAA and Transport Canada certification. Not yet certified and not yet sold.
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Harbour Air
AviationVancouver, BC
Seaplane airline whose group also holds a Transport Canada Design Approval Organization and sells its own STC kits for de Havilland aircraft, and which is converting the DHC-2 Beaver to all-electric propulsion.
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About
Company site: harbourair.comSeaplane airline whose group also holds a Transport Canada Design Approval Organization and sells its own STC kits for de Havilland aircraft, and which is converting the DHC-2 Beaver to all-electric propulsion.
Flew what it describes as the world's first fully electric commercial aircraft, a converted DHC-2 Beaver, at Richmond, British Columbia on 10 December 2019. harbourair.com
Retrofitted the Beaver with a 750-horsepower all-electric motor with magniX, and says the aircraft is undergoing certification with the FAA and Transport Canada. harbourair.com
Its maintenance arm has more than 30 years supporting and modifying de Havilland aircraft. The eBeaver STC is a three-way programme with magniX and H55; no source states who will hold it. harbourair.com
Signed a letter of intent with Bel-Air Aviation on 22 May 2024 for three eBeaver conversions - its first eBeaver sales agreement, and an LOI rather than a firm order. harbourair.com
Has flown British Columbia's coast since 1982 and states a team of more than 400 with over 40 aircraft across four types. harbourair.com
Harbour Air Aerospace Services Ltd., the group's maintenance arm, holds a Transport Canada Design Approval Organization for Part 23 airplanes and Part 27 helicopters, and advertises 30+ STC kits. aerospaceservices.ca
No eBeaver conversion has been sold. The only instrument is a May 2024 letter of intent whose own 24-month window for a definitive purchase agreement passed without an announcement. harbourair.com
Its head office city is unsettled: the BC registry gives Vancouver, its own LinkedIn gives Richmond, and its contact page designates no head office. The engineering work is at Richmond. harbourair.com
Products & Services
Company site: harbourair.comProducts Harbour Air publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Deployment & Services
Company site: harbourair.comHow Harbour Air says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
magniX
Propulsion partner on the eBeaver since 2019, supplying the electric motor. A letter of intent dated 22 April 2024 covers the purchase of 50 magni650 engines and certification support.
Bel-Air Aviation
Letter of intent signed 22 May 2024 for three eBeaver conversions - a customer LOI, not a firm order.
H55
Swiss supplier, announced April 2021: provides the eBeaver's complete energy storage system and cell-level battery monitoring, within a three-way STC programme with magniX.
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