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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Prague , Czech Republic |
| Products | Electric aircraft engines |
| Website | www |
Rotex Electric is a Czech aircraft engine manufacturer based in Prague. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of electric motors for light aircraft, as well as for automobiles and other applications. [1]
The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.
An aircraft engine is a component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines, except for small multicopter UAVs which are almost always electric aircraft.
Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.6 million. The city has a temperate climate, with warm summers and chilly winters.
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The company was founded in 2003. [2]
The company produces four series of electric motors, REB, REG, RET and REX, in a variety of power outputs. The REB 90 is an example, a brushless 350 volt design that produces 80 kW (107 hp) for aircraft use. [1]
The Rotex Electric REB 90 is a Czech electric motor for powering electric aircraft, designed and produced by Rotex Electric of Prague.
Brushless DC electric motor also known as electronically commutated motors, or synchronous DC motors, are synchronous motors powered by DC electricity via an inverter or switching power supply which produces an AC electric current to drive each phase of the motor via a closed loop controller. The controller provides pulses of current to the motor windings that control the speed and torque of the motor.
The volt is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force. It is named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827).
