Apparatus for an electric aircraft with increased crash robustness

An aircraft with increased crash robustness, the aircraft comprising:

• a fuselage, wherein the fuselage has a forward end, an opposite rear end, a ventral surface, and a dorsal surface;
• a longitudinal axis running from the rear end to the forward end;
• a dorsoventral axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and running from the dorsal surface to the ventral surface;
• and
• at least a battery module disposed within the fuselage, wherein:
• the at least a battery module comprises a plurality of battery cells, the plurality of battery cells each comprising a cylindrical body;
• each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells includes an axial axis, each axial axis extending along an axis of radial symmetry of each cylindrical body, positioned orthogonally to each of the longitudinal axis and the dorsoventral axis;
• each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells has a plurality of radial axes extending from each axis of radial symmetry towards each cylindrical body and orthogonal to each axial axis, wherein the plurality of radial axes of each battery cell includes a first radial axis aligned with the longitudinal axis and a second radial axis aligned with the dorsoventral axis;
• and
• a front portion of each cylindrical body extends towards the forward end and a ventral portion of each cylindrical body extends towards the ventral surface.