Airbus Electric

[Guest ozzie]

Another really cool electric aircraft. This one by Airbus Industries. Twin ducted fan, jet time anyone? 500kg, wonder what it stalls at. Might get into the RAAus. Will make a nice quiet platform for training at least instructors won't go deaf over the years. Main wheel has a motor for getting to the runway.

 

4 seater will be a hybrid.

 

http://interestingengineering.com/airbus-show-off-the-e-fan-its-electric-plane/

 

 

[sfGnome]

Getting closer... Pity it will have cost $1,000,000, but the first computers weren't real cheap either!

 

 

[Bandit12]

That will be awesome. Reminds me of a miniature A-10 Warthog.

 

 

[pylon500]

Wonder how long it would take to convince CASA of the reliability of electric engines to get a dispensation to run multiple engines?

 

Having said that, the Airbus machine is nice, but at the speeds we fly ducted fans are not that efficient, and having two of them...?

 

Electrics are mostly going to try to run bigger diameter props than we do now so typically, the effective electric planes are going to look more like this;

 

 

Or this;

 

 

Gliding knowledge will be a benefit, and solar equipment wont hurt either...

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Pylon 500

 

i don't think the twin electric engines will be the problem CASA have always had a problem with battery types. I remember George Marky going to town on them for knocking back a gell cell he fitted to the Ultra Bat.