Electric motors

David MacRay · Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:04 pm

Ok, back to excited Dave who thinks he wants an electric light single.

This video shows the Pipstral, a unit built by Siemens and the slick Airbus e-fan.

I bet I could get going for well under a million Canuck bucks. Lawyers would never let me sell my wife's house though.

Slick Goodlin · Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:46 pm

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Ok, back to excited Dave who thinks he wants an electric light single
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Me too, though I'd be happy with an electric ultralight. I figure with a solar array on the roof of the hangar I could charge up for zero dollars and cruise around for an hour a couple evenings a week. Yes, there's a higher cost of entry but I'd also get to be that weirdo with the electric plane and you can't put a price on being a weirdo.

David MacRay · Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:02 am

I save tons of money being a weirdo. Check out those Pipstral units. They might be ultra lights.

I'm surprised electric motor and battery/controller kits are not taking off with the EAA guys yet. I have not looked into them lately but there were some pretty cool kits for converting cars available.

See what I did there?