Back from the Paris Air Show, engineer Matthew McAlonis tells how helicopter makers, major Pa. employers, are changing amid conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, and new solar, battery, drone tech.
At the Paris Air Show in June, 2023, Matt McElonis, aerospace engineering fellow , and Eric Himelright, vice president of product management, both of Berwyn-based global electronics maker TE Connectivity, show off sensors, heat-resisting cables and other parts made for electric vertical takeoff and landing helicoptersThese changes threaten long-established aircraft and their job-rich manufacturing networks.
The amperage is also high. So, current times voltage, you’re getting into the megawatt arena. A megawatt of energy is very dangerous. That’s why it has to be done properly.It’s very dangerous. People don’t think of it, when you’re flying at 25,000 feet with all the comforts of home, hot meals, entertainment, WiFi connection, texting your friends — you take that for granted. But how that all really works, is what we do.
Right now we are one of just two suppliers qualified to put connectors on an aerospace engine that can survive a 1,000 degree burn, that you can turn off . Hydrogen is in the discussion. The challenge is how do you keep it at liquid temperatures? It’s negative 270 degrees Celsius, and under pressure.
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