The Team
The team
Electric Aircraft Propulsion AS was founded in 2020 to create the Nordic Air Racing Team, the first electric air racing team in Scandinavia. Founding partners were Equator Aircraft AS, Inet AS and Sola Aircraft Center AS and the aim was to develop an all-electric powertrain to be used in Air Racing.
Among the founding partners, Equator Aircraft has been involved with developing electric drivetrains and designing novel aircrafts since 2012, and thus is in a good position to further develop these products in a high-paced racing environment. Their passion and dedication to develop new planes quickly is a precious asset, giving confidence that the team will be able to produce one new powertrain and increase their performance at each new Air Race E season.
Rein Inge Hoff
Test Pilot, Test programming
Rein Inge Hoff is an experienced aerobatic pilot who flies in air shows in high performance aircrafts like the F-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Mk XVI Spitfire. His experience as an Aerospace Engineer (PhD), and as a light aircraft test pilot, is very useful in the development phase of the aircraft. Rein Inge is responsible for the experimental flight testing of the electric powertrain modification.
The RACE Pilot
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Rein Inge Hoff
Thomas Brødreskift
Team Principal, Mechanical Integration and Project Management
Tomas Brødreskift is a private pilot and holds a Masters degree in Industrial Design Engineering from The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and the Folkwang University of Duisburg / Essen in Germany. In 2018, he took an essential part in designing the world’s first electric seaplane at Equator Aircraft, the company that he co-founded. Thanks to his experience with designing and leading flight testing of various aircrafts, he now confidently leads the work of the Nordic Air Racing Team, on its way to the competitions.
Tomas Brødreskift
Team Principal, Mechanical Integration and Project Management
Tomas Brødreskift is a private pilot and holds a Masters degree in Industrial Design Engineering from The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and the Folkwang University of Duisburg / Essen in Germany. In 2018, he took an essential part in designing the world’s first electric seaplane at Equator Aircraft, the company that he co-founded. Thanks to his experience with designing and leading flight testing of various aircrafts, he now confidently leads the work of the Nordic Air Racing Team, on its way to the competitions.
Team Principal
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Tomas Brødreskift
Øystein Solheim-Aune
Team Leader, Charging Infrastructure, Electrical Integration
Oystein is a private pilot and an Electronics and Automation Project Engineer, with years of experience building, maintaining and restoring experimental aircrafts. He is also a long time board member for the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 573 Norway.
Team Leader
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Øystein Solheim-Aune
Leidulf Heskje
Chairman/Owner
Leidulf is an aviation enthusiast who regurarly flies legendary aircrafts such as the old German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch or the Boeing-Stearman, and is also a co-founder of the project.
Chairman
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Leidulf Heskje
Raimondas Misevicius
Motor Inverter Control, Charging, BMS, Electrical Integration
Raimondas has had interest in technology all his life. The last ten years gave him a chance to dive into electric cars and enjoy the challenges in this field. Thanks to his long work experience as a technical manager and electric car mechanic, he is a perfect fit for the challenges we meet in Air Race E. He tirelessly works on further developing our powertrain and his thirst for knowledge can’t seem to ever be quenched.
Power electronics
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Raimondas Misevicius
Jon Roger Fossen
Mechanical Integration
Jon Roger is one of the most experienced aircraft kit builders and pilots in Norway with over 5 kit constructions under his belt and over 1000 flight hours in his builds. He is a very experienced technician who works well with all materials, and has been extensively involved in the Equator Aircraft’s P2 project before.
Mechanical Integration
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Jon Roger Fossen
Sathvik Rao
Simulation Aerodynamics and Cooling
Having been an aviation enthusiast for a long time, I took part in the design of RC models and manned electric aircrafts in the past few years. It has been an exciting learning journey in my life. I believe simulation technology has the power to transform the way things are made and for Air Race E I have utilised our simulation tools to the fullest.
Simulations
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Sathvik Rao
Erlend Gausen
Pilot Interfacing, BMS
Erlend is an active commercial pilot, flight instructor and a very talented electrical engineer. Erlend is supporting Raimondas with integrating the aircraft’s Battery Management System. He is also a programmer, and develops softwares for control and surveillance systems.
Battery Management System
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Erlend Gausen
Knut Brødreskift
Pilot Interfacing, Mechanical Integration
Knut is an extremely capable engineer with 35 years of experience within mechanical and electro-mechanical design and product development. Along with his professional career Knut is an experimental aircraft builder, building his first fully composite Long-EZ in 1980 and rebuilding it in the 90’s. Since then he has logged over 1000 flight hours and has been constructing the P2 Prototype as part of Equator Aircraft. He now continuously supports the mechanical integration of our electrical powertrain.
Mechanical Integration
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Knut Brødreskift
Andreas Mourud
Aircraft Certification
From his childhood building model aeroplanes, Andreas has had a long aviation career. He has been building, repairing and flying gliders his whole life, and has decades of experience within the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, regulating all types of aircrafts, from amateur-built airplanes to commercial airliners.
Aircraft Certification
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Andreas Mourud
Eric Lithun
Business Development
Eric is a skilled businessman and founder of several companies. Among those, Elfly AS is involved in different projects that promote electric flying in Norway, as part of the country’s electric transition. Eric is also a private pilot and flies regularly.
Business Development
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Eric Lithun
Pierre Dussaux
Sponsoring and Communications
Pierre is a private pilot and mechanical engineer from EPFL, Switzerland, specialized in batteries and electrical powertrains. Passionate about racing, he secured some significant sponsoring deals in his former Formula Student Electric team. He believes that racing has and will always give a lot of attention to new technologies, and that taking part in Air Race E is a perfect way of accelerating the green shift in the transportation industry.
Sponsoring
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Pierre Dussaux
Sponsoring
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Pierre Dussaux
