Aircraft electric motor system

A method and apparatus for controlling an electric aircraft (200) is presented. An apparatus comprises a controller (210). The controller (210) is configured to identify a state for an electric aircraft (200). The controller (210) is further configured to identify a group of recharging parameters (222) for a group of electric motors (214) in an electric propulsion system (204). The electric propulsion system (204) is configured to move the electric aircraft (200) based on the state for the group of electric motors (214) for the electric aircraft (200). The controller (210) is still further configured to recharge a power source (208) for the electric aircraft (200) using the group of recharging parameters (222) to control recharging of the power source (208) with the group of electric motors (214) when a recharge state is present for the electric aircraft (200).