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The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: May 3, 2014, 9:22 pm
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When solar cells become incorporated in the wing, they'll be
able to FLY ALL DAY! ;D
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Re: The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: May 3, 2014, 9:33 pm
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Re: The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: May 3, 2014, 9:41 pm
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Electric Powered Flying BICYCLE!
By: AGelbert Date: May 19, 2014, 12:16 am
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Electric Aircraft
By: AGelbert Date: August 11, 2018, 2:15 pm
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[center]Electric Flight Dominates Air Mobility News At The 2018
International EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Event[/center]
August 10th, 2018 by Nicolas Zart
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The great thing about air events is that airplanes can come from
far away. The not so great thing is that if the event is far,
you too have to travel to it. But this year’s 2018 EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh was well worth the travel, as it attempted to
show a clearer picture of our near future mobility.
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[center]EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018[/center]
[center]eVTOL Aircraft, Air Taxis, and ePlanes Becoming Popular
Terms[/center]
Drones, going beyond their military origins, have reached almost
every form of aerial transportation. It’s fresh new target:
reopening the door to personal air mobility.
The Black Fly is a personal air mobility vehicle from Opener we
covered a little while ago. It is now fully qualified via FAA
Part 103 as an ultralight air mobility vehicle and is thus
limited to 62 mph (100 km/h or 53 knots), with a range of 25
miles (40 km). Its maximum performance is higher than that.
Opener is intelligently marketing its Black Fly, via Plane &
Pilot magazine, as a fun aerial mobility device which needs no
special pilot license.
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We covered the Kitty Hawk Flyer eVTOL flight recently, and the
Kitty Hawk team is now inviting certain press members to test
fly the Flyer in Nevada. This eVTOL aircraft is also a certified
(FAR) Part 103 ultralight aircraft. Hey, Kitty Hawk team, you
know we live in Los Angeles, don’t you?
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Following our Rolls Royce air taxi story last month, we learned
that Aston Martin has now partnered with the company for its
Volante, a luxury autonomous aircraft (AV). The idea piggybacks
on the Rolls-Royce eVTOL platform and shows that the companies
are aiming to tackle our future mobility needs.
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[center]EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018[/center]
There was also excellent news from the Sun Flyer team, with a
release stating the company received another 20 orders from the
Spartan College training school (h/t FlyingMag). Essentially,
Bye Aerospace announced that a Siemens electric motor is
powering its electric two-seat Sun Flyer 2 proof of concept. The
90 kW (115 hp) electric motor propels it to 135 knots (155 mph).
If you know how expensive operating an airplane is, hang on to
how much it is for the Sun Flyer 2 — $3 an hour for electricity
;D. Pipistrel also estimates the cost of flying its electric
plane is $3 an hour, and the total operating cost would be $25
an hour — far, far below most airplanes. [img
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Lastly, you may recall our Aero Verdego e-plane story that we
ran a while back. The company has just announced a radical shift
in strategy. It will now focus on leveraging its ability with
hybrid powertrains, electric aerospace propulsion, and altitude
control of VTOL aircraft for the new Urban Air Mobility market
that is developing. We say, congratulations!
Not bad for a summer 2018 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh!
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Re: The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: August 11, 2018, 5:41 pm
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[center]BlackFly ⚡ Ultralight Attracts Attention in
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Published on Jul 25, 2018
Opener, Inc. brought version three of its BlackFly ultralight
aircraft to AirVenture 2018. In this video, Alan Eustace
explains the history of the aircraft and some of its features.
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Re: The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: August 11, 2018, 5:54 pm
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[center]10 AMAZING ELECTRIC ⚡ AIRCRAFT - THE FUTURE OF
AVIATION[/center]
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Published on Jun 21, 2018
Are these 10 electric planes the future of aviation? Here is our
list of 10 amazing electric aircraft - the future of aviation.
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Electric ⚡ Air Taxi 🦅
By: AGelbert Date: August 12, 2018, 4:43 pm
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[center]Meet Cora 🦅[/center]
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Published on Mar 12, 2018
Meet Cora, Kitty Hawk's prototype air taxi that was designed and
built to bring the freedom of flight to our everyday lives.
Cora combines electric propulsion, vertical take-off and
self-flying software to pioneer an entirely new way to move.
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Re: The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: October 24, 2018, 1:04 pm
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[center]FAA OKs Third Ultralight eVTOL[/center]
October 22nd, 2018 by Nicolas Zart
SNIPPET:
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Apparently, “WORLD’s FIRST No pilot LICENCE, No aircraft
CERTIFICATION official approved personal drone HOVERBIKE S3
2019″ really irked the FAA. Officially, the FAA determines
whether an aircraft, such as the Hoversurf model, meets the
aviation § 103.1(a), (c), and (e) requirements. The Hoverbike S3
does, so take that to mean it’s been approved if you like, but
don’t go too far with the claim if you don’t want to upset the
FAA. eVTOLNews posted the FAA letter.
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What surprised me is the relatively small battery pack, which is
12.3 kWh. While small on paper, the battery pack gives the
HoverBike S3 40 minutes of autonomy in drone mode. That comes
down to 10 to 25 minutes dependent on the weight of the pilot
and weather conditions. The Hoverbike can be charged in 2½ hours
without removing the batteries.
How much is the beast? The Hoverbike S3 2019 limited edition
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delivery of 2 to 6 months. :P
Full article:
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Agelbert COMMENTS: I am an experienced pilot and former
Ultralight Aircraft Flight Instructor. I know exactly how these
butterfly type aircraft fly and how they handle winds and/or
turbulence.
The difference between an Ultralight and 'normal' aircraft (from
"light" aircraft to a Commercial Jumbo jet) comes down to the
fact that the weight of the pilot is a LARGE percentage of the
total weight being flown above the ground. The weight rules
(empty weight - aircraft without fuel and pilot(s) - versus
gross weight) vary by country but you can assume that the pilot
weight represents at least 40% of the gross weight.
This means that if you are a midget or anorexic, the aircraft
will perform much better. 😀
But of course, most people are not midgets or anorexic thin.
These E-VTOLs have the drone software to keep the pilot from, in
theory, making mistakes. BUT, since a pilot is so heavy in
comparison to the overall machine, the software CAN be overcome
temporarily by a large side force from a sudden pilot movement.
Add to that gusty wind conditions and you have a very precarious
situtation.
Controlling an Ultralight in gusty winds is very difficult. I
know all about it. We did not fly in those conditions. We would
run out to the runway on either side of an ultralight trying to
land in gusty conditions to grab the wing ends (Quicksiilver
aircraft) so the wind would not flip the plane when the pilot
got it on the runway. They are just too light to resist wind
gusts with flight controls while on the ground at speeds below
20 mph.
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The E-VTOLS have the advantage of not having large wing
surfaces. BUT, they will be every bit, if not more so, as hard
to handle in gusty winds as the typical Ultralight.
IOW, the E-VTOL is a fair weather flying machine ONLY👎 .
It will never be a commuter vehicle or a work vehicle (e.g.
herding animals in remote areas, boundary secority patrol,
transmission tower power line inspection, routine wind turbine
inspection, etc.).
All the advantages of a a drone are lost when you put a pilot
into a drone software controlled machine. 😟
I would love to have one of these E-VTOLs for fun, but I doubt
they will be affordable for the average person. They will be a
toy for the rich, period.👎
All that said, IF they make an all weather E-VTOL (more powerful
motors with a large battery pack and enclosed cabin), then it
can become a practical commuter or work vehicle. ✔
I think it is cheaper to just electrify ⚡ Ultralights.
They don't need a lot of space to take off (even less to land!)
and they can fliy at 45 mph to inspect and observe for hours
with a nice battery pack.👍 😎
Andy
They really need enclosure ducts around those pedestrian slicing
fans. With these motorcycle-like vehicles, the rider is equally
in danger from them.
Kurt Lowder > Andy
my thoughts exactly. that looks terrifying
Brent Jatko > Kurt Lowder
I can see grisly (is there any other kind?) pedestrian
decapitations already.
Agelbert > Brent Jatko
Well said. If I were to design one of these E-VTOLs, I would put
the pilot/passanger location BENEATH the props, not above it. It
looks kike they took a drone, upsized it, and slapped a pilot
seat on it 👎 . Yeah, they may claim the added structure
framework to get the motors and props above the pilot adds "too
much weight". I beg to differ.
1. With the pilot beneath the motors, the pendulum effect
increases stability. The reverse is true with the pilot above
the motors.
2. As you observed, the props on the present pilot above props
unstable design will have to be shielded. The weight of the
shielding will be a factor in performance degradation. Housing
the props is not necessary when they are above the pilot.
3. Pilot visbility below is vaslty improved with motor and props
above the pilot.
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Re: The Electric Powered Ultralight Aircraft HAS ARRIVED.
By: AGelbert Date: March 29, 2019, 1:28 pm
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[center]DIY Electric PARAMOTOR with 12 Drone Motors! -
RCTESTFLIGHT
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rctestflight
Published on Dec 9, 2017
Test flying my homemade electric paramotor that uses 12 Freefly
Alta motors. Thanks to Freefly Systems for letting me use their
CNC router and cosmetically defective Alta motors.
If anyone is selling a used paramotor wing let me know.
Additional Filming by Calen Albert
Category Science & Technology
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