IDD15 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Rolls Royce electric aircraft takes to the skies. RR electric maiden flight I rather like it’s purposefull lines, very rakish. idd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 It's the future, or so we are told. Been following this elsewhere, let's just hope no velcro is involved. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrunner Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Might be one of the most advanced but I'm afraid it's not the first, Airbus flew an electrified Cri Cri in 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I hope they don't have to depend on Hobbyking for there batteries and esc's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 And Airbus wings are glued together. Was there a solar powered electric flight "glider" that made a global flight ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Walsh Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Rich Griff said: It's the future, or so we are told. Been following this elsewhere, let's just hope no velcro is involved. ? I bought some Velcro the other day, it was a rip off! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDD15 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 At the other end of the speed spectrum… Electric Paramotor Quite some out runner motor she is using. idd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 All a bit along the lines of Drone Deliveries that were going to take over. Nice in theory and a good sink for research £s and publicity but surely a practical non-starter. They trumpet the power and energy density etc but no mention of useful duration other than the 15 minute flight. Please don't tell me 15 minutes was all it was good for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Cracknell Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 For those who hanker for low emission cruises look at.... https://www.tradewindvoyages.com/our-ship/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDD15 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Charging network for light aircraft going into various airfields around the UK. I like the fact that you can pay on your Electroverse card and get billed on your domestic energy bill! (Other payment methods are available 🙂 ) Cheers idd Fully Charged - Airfield Charging Rollout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) Electric flight ...full size ....brings a whole new meaning to range anxiety 😶🧯🚒🪂💩😱. If only all the world beneath was a smooth runway ! Edited May 20 by Engine Doctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Granted - but engine failure is always at the back of a (good) pilot’s mind. I’m a little surprised that there was no real mention of solar charging for the battery array (a wind powered generator farm might not be the best thing to locate on an airfield) but there’s often plenty of unused ground on airfields. The Pipistrel seems to have a very small battery and larger aircraft might be able to carry proportionately larger batteries giving much better range once there’s sufficient infrastructure to make their development more feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 14 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: Granted - but engine failure is always at the back of a (good) pilot’s mind Back from the beach yesterday, 8 wind generators, only 2 turning, if they can't get them working on the ground,,,😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 What makes you think they’re out of order? It could just be that that their output wasn’t needed at that time, especially if it was a sunny day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Yes turbines often get turned off if they are not needed .... and the company get ridiculous payouts for this. Who pays ? The customers of course. A tottally ill thoughtout energy stratergy when we are being forced to go electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinFlynn Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: Back from the beach yesterday, 8 wind generators, only 2 turning, if they can't get them working on the ground,,,😡 Thats quite a good turnout... we had 6 of the things installed locally 12 months ago and not one of them has ever turned, they are an absolute blight on the landscape in full view of my study window. I don't know why they have never been turned on but my guess would be problems connecting the eyesores to the grid out here in the sticks. Probably no government subsidies for the connection, only the installation of the towers. Corporate greed at its finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Yes, they're really pushing all this stuff and that's all very well - However, I and many others simply do not wish to have an inferior technology forced upon us because of the whims of certain individuals who like to attract attention to themselves or appear to have the ear of some politicians who buy into much of this nonsense and relish all the virtue signalling. I caught an interview on a news programme yesterday with 'an activist' from one of the high profile protest groups who more or less ended up in tears by the close of the spot because she wouldn't engage with the questions that were put to her. She was right and everyone else was wrong - full stop, no discussion......the earth is doomed, don't bother to have children because they'll be dead by their teens. I don't think she was very well TBH. Most reasonable people accept that electric powered cars and other vehicles are 'an answer' and who's to say where we might be with battery tech in decades down the line, but for now and in the forseeable future, they're an experiment with an outcome and repercussions that are far from certain or indeed fully understood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 18/09/2021 at 11:22, IDD15 said: At the other end of the speed spectrum… Electric Paramotor Quite some out runner motor she is using. idd Unforunately her flying partner was killed and she was badly injured . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58615590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 19/09/2021 at 01:11, Robert Cracknell said: For those who hanker for low emission cruises look at.... https://www.tradewindvoyages.com/our-ship/ Think they went bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 hour ago, Jake Bullit said: Think they went bust. 404 no page,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Freeman 3 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 My son and I have just gone the solar route as our electricity supply was unreliable with daily shut downs from 2 to 6 hours and up to 6 days if a transformer blew or cables stolen. Thieves wait for what we call load shedding which is according to a published schedule and then steal the power cables! Lucky we do have a fair amount of sun so we no longer have to worry like we did in the past. Not totally off the grid but manageable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDD15 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) This is an interesting video made by a commercial pilot on the Pipistrel and its use within an actual flight training school. Its quite long and for those desperately clinging to outdated fuel burning technology I suggest you skip over the bit between 22 and 24 minutes... 😈 Mentour Pilot - Electric Planes A serious additional benefit that may be had is the reduction in operating noise, so there is the potential for electric GA to help protect our dwindling number of small airfields... BBC - Engine Test Complaint Cheers idd Edited May 21 by IDD15 link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Oh come on, 45 minutes of noise,,,, It's an Airport !. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 People are happy to complain. I live in a rural village and people have complained about Cockerels, cows, Church bells, Sheep, a Rookery.... Having said that, 45 mins, followed by a wait while batteries are charging, seems to limit the viability for a flight school.... compared to teach, land, refuel, hand aeroplane over.... repeat. Like most forms of electrically powered transport, this is currently great if you can afford if. And have supporting infrastructure. Eventually it'll trickle down, and improve, but evangelizing about it is unlikely to result in many converts imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 16 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said: People are happy to complain. I live in a rural village and people have complained about Cockerels, cows, Church bells, Sheep, a Rookery.... Yes agree tottaly. When I moved to my present home in 1976 it was a small village approx 3 miles from town with pen fields between us. Every Sunday morning and at yimes through the week church bells could be heard ringing from our village church and nieghbouring village churches. As people moved down from london etc the complaints about church bells silenced them ! They even complain at the sound of tractors in the fields at harvest time ! The local council should have made these newcomers accept the local ways but instead rolled over and silenced the bells. The vilage I live in is now more like a town and connected to the nearest town with house and is noisier than ever. Thats progress pushed by money or vote grabing politicians who will jump on these complaints if they see any political gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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