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https://canadianaviator.com/electri...or_Newsletter_-_292F-_Dec_07&utm_medium=email
Doesn't say what the range or payload might be.
Doesn't say what the range or payload might be.
Outstanding!!! Electric airplanes.
At 500/hr per year, 24 gal/hr. x $5.00/gal. that a $60,000/yr. savings on fuel alone and more savings on maintenance.
With the Beaver’s enormous useful load, big batteries can be carried in the belly without affecting passenger count.
And a 750HP Beaver should take off like a helicopter. I wish I was 18 again.
Outstanding!!! Electric airplanes.
At 500/hr per year, 24 gal/hr. x $5.00/gal. that a $60,000/yr. savings on fuel alone and more savings on maintenance.
With the Beaver’s enormous useful load, big batteries can be carried in the belly without affecting passenger count.
And a 750HP Beaver should take off like a helicopter. I wish I was 18 again.
A couple of years ago, during a safety meeting at a Repsol LNG plant, a supervisor held up containers of products that packed a lot of energy for it’s size; dynamite packs a lot of energy for its size and a small number of other products like gun powder. Then he held up for the class to see a one litre clear bottle of gasoline. “Nothing” he said, “compares to the energy given from this product for it’s cost and availability”. Never forgot that.
While it is impressive the efforts to switch to something better and greener, at present, it’s along way off from being anywhere near viable. Also, hidden from view, and never ever looked at by the media (most of them), is what the impacts are to build, in mass, and dispose of these batteries. Nor the cost.
Imagine trying to charge they plane up by solar in Vancouver. Not happening. Were there any media reports of who paid for this Beaver to be converted and tested? Perhaps the makers of the motor and the charter company themselves, although it wouldn’t be surprising if public dollars were involved. Green gets attention these days.
Far better for research to be done for the improvement of gasoline engines IMO.
We’ve got Nuclear and hydro. They’re doing fine. Thought we were talking aircraft. Big difference.So you've unplugged from the grid and power your home with a gennie? If not? Why not?
There are still plenty of heat related issues in motor controllers and battery systems.348hp from a 110# motor would be pretty sweet. Imagine coming home, unplugging the airplane, flipping a switch, and going to full power with no warmup. I'd like it. No fueling, no heat or cooling worries, no leaning, no loss of power at altitude, etc. It likely won't happen in my lifetime but the next generation will only know about gasoline from history books.
There has been a lot of talk about rapid charge stations. Are there any batteries which can take repeated recharging in less than 10 minutes without melting down? I have yet to wear out a gasoline tank unless they were made of rubber.One they start showing up rapid charge stations will be close behind.
DENNY
BingoSomeone just clued me in to Formula E. Great, I thought, a showcase for the pit crews swapping battery packs. Or add 20 points of charge in a minute or two. Anything to show the public how far we've come in practicality. He showed me a video of the drivers hopping from one car to another!!! Yeah, that'll do it.