Hi Folks I live near Bob Barrows bearhawkaircraft.com plane “experimental” kits to get around FAA requirements. He and his associate are building a single seater electric version of his bearhawk kit. They’re using an Australian APD control with a 3K rpm direct drive BLDC (pulsed 3 phase) magnet motor ( so no brushes to fail). They bought the package from a consultant in California and Mike was programming the controller with his laptop when I visited. It runs fine at 200A 120Vdc on a Lithium China pack but at 300A starts to overheat. So they’re adding a second controller for flight redundancy and dual 3 phase windings in the motor in the next couple months. Does anyone work on electric planes or is there an off the shelf electric drive (motor control) with a good reliable track record ? Just don’t want to be reinventing the wheel here…. If you google Bob Barrows electric plane YouTube videos pop up about the construction and issues they’ve run into. He estimates about 1/2 hour of flight time. Stay Charged Mark
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