Will be exhibited @reference European show Apr 24-27 http://gas2.org/2013/04/11/sportstar-epos-electric-airplane-makes-its-first-flight/ [images] SportStar EPOS Electric Airplane Makes Its First Flight by Nicholas Brown Apr 11 2013 Source TechVehi
[images http://c1gas2org.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/files/2013/04/electric-airplane-sportstar-epos-21.jpg electric-airplane-sportstar-epos-2 video http://youtube.com/watch?v=P6ba7IddIlE SportStar EPOS - první let / first flight EvektorAircraft Mar 29, 2013 První let letounu SportStar EPOS s elektrickým motorem. First flight of the SportStar EPOS aircraft powered by an eletcric motor. ] Electric airplanes are a bit different from electric road cars, and are even more limited; running out of juice 15,000 feet in the air has more consequences than running out of juice on the highway. While they are not in use yet, electric airplanes are being developed and making progress, like the Solar Impulse which can fly quite far because it is equipped with solar panels. A more traditional electric airplane, the SportsStar EPOS, made its first flight a few days ago. The SportStar EPOS utilizes a X90 RE-7 electric motor developed by Rotex Electric. It produces 50 kW (67 HP) and weighs only 37 pounds (17 kg). The 378 volt battery pack carries it for 1 hour and a range of about 150 km (around 100 miles). The battery bank was supplied by Dow Kokam, a manufacture of energy storage solutions. The SportStar EPOS cruises at 150 KPH, and has a top speed of 240 KPH, or about 150 mph with seating for two. While that’s fast, electric racing enthusiast Chip Yates still holds the speed record for electric airplanes. This SportsStar EPOS will be exhibited at the reference European show, held from April 24th to April 27th. While pure electric passenger planes are still a long, long ways off, hobby fliers could soon have electric vehicles of their own to fly. [© 2013 gas2.org ] http://www.evektor.cz/en/sportstar-epos.aspx Evektor - SportStar EPOS - an Electric Airplane Concept The SportStar EPOS airplane represents a concept of sport aircraft of the future - driven by an electric motor, environment friendly, with low costs of operation ... [image http://www.evektor.cz/Data/Sites/2/media/GalleryImages/224/WebImages/_mg_6674.jpg ] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Leaf EV cheaper to use than Nissan Juke suv ice EVLN: Waste sulfur can boost plugin battery industry EVLN: Tesla-S EVs Now Come In Red EVLN: Think City EV @START Eco Car Spectacular EVLN: TUM's Electric Tuk-Tuk of Terror (video) + EVLN: Smart ED smartcarfundrive.com tour & prize April 19-28 {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-SportStar-EPOS-Electric-Airplane-s-1st-Flight-r-15km-ts-240kph-tp4662539.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
