RSSFull size Electric Plane
Electric cars, and conversion kits, can be found all over the Internet. But when was the last time you saw a full size electric plane? Yeah, me neither. This is not an RC toy, it's a full size, human carrying, electric plane powered by an 18 kW, 25hp, brushed "industrial" motor. It flew for 48 minutes and went 50 km, that's about 31 miles. I would love to know what kind of noise it made as it flew by.
On Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 11:50 took place, the first flight of F-WMDJ ELECTRA, equipped with an electric motor of 25 hp and Lithium-polymer batteries.
The website was originally published in French, but there is a translated version that has some interesting information and more pictures. - Link [Via]
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- An Amazing electric car - Link
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Jan 31, 2008 02:00 AM
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Have a look at the Antares self-launching electric glider. It has a brushless motor, lithium batteries in the wings, and a engine management unit comprised of a linux PC. It's also a beautiful, very high performance glider!One charge can lift the glider over 3000m.
http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/htm/english/products/antares_20e/antares_20E.html
This is awesome! So what if it only has a range of 50 km. When you land, all you have to do is switch your motor over to "windmill mode" and recharge the batteries for your next leg. No more fuel costs! Considering that avgas is about $5 a gallon, and that a Cessna 152 burns about 6 gallons an hour at cruise, that's a HUGE savings in operational costs. Plus an electric motor doesn't loose horsepower with altitude or atmospheric density. YIPPIE! Sign me up!
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