AIRCRAFT, COMPRISING A BATTERY ASSEMBLY

The present invention relates to an aircraft (10), comprising a fuselage (12), at least one pair of wings (14) and a battery assembly for providing power to electrical systems of the aircraft (10), wherein the battery assembly comprises a number of individual battery modules (18) which are directly or indirectly coupled to one another, the fuselage (12) is provided with a mounting assembly (16) with a number of mounting positions (16a, 16b, 16c) for each holding one of the battery modules (18), and the number of mounting positions (16a, 16b, 16c) is larger than the number of battery modules (18) such that in a mounted state of all battery modules (18), at least one of the mounting positions (16a, 16b, 16c) remains vacant (20) thus defining a placement configuration of the battery modules (18) and the vacant mounting positions (20), and/or the mounting assembly is provided with at least one displacement assembly which allows to displace at least one of the battery modules with respect to the fuselage.