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Can I buy an electric-powered airplane?

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Written on: 26. 06. 08 [20:49]
fu679s Board SO Topic creator registered since: 24.12.2007 Posts: 4	Many companies will display electric-powered airplanes at Oshkosh this year, but a practical airplane you can purchase has proven to be a challenge. The Experimental Aircraft Association has asked the FAA to allow light sport and ultralight aircraft to use electric propulsion, so there is a lot of interest. Electric Aircraft’s ElectraFlyer airplane has flown several times with an 18-horsepower electric motor, and the company plans to build a 40-hp version. Sonex Aircraft says it has a more powerful motor and a controller of its own design that feeds electricity from the lithium polymer battery to the motor. This is the key to making electric airplanes feasible, a Sonex spokesman said. The aircraft has not yet flown. In the video you will hear of an 800-cell battery, but Sonex officials say they now prefer a battery of less than 80 cells. Pipistrel says it has a two-seat electric glider flying, which was made from its gas-powered Taurus model. However, electric-powered gliders are not entirely new. Lange Aviation’s Antares 20E is already on the market. So where’s the hybrid airplane with both a gas engine and electric motor (currently too heavy for small aircraft)? Keep watching. Text: Alton K. Marsh Aopa Online
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Written on: 05. 07. 08 [18:52]
fliteadmin Board SFO Administrator registered since: 26.12.2006 Posts: 153	Hello fu679s, Electric airplanes are unfortunately not yet so easily available. Like at the beginnings of the oil-age, road transport will be before aviation and gets this technology first. Whether it will be used in one form or the other depends largely on battery/storage technology. But recent developments are promising. BTW, Bertrand Piccar, adventurer, psychologist and pilot plans to circle the earth with a solar powered aircraft. His project has reached an advanced state and you can monitor the progress here: http://www.solarimpulse.com fliteadmin flightwork.com - International Pilots Net
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