I will go one further and offer 81JM as a test bed to anyone who can put together a credible plan to electrify her. She is currently flying with all basic instruments working.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 11:36 Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > Someone in the initial thinking/designing phase of a KR project might > consider using electric power instead of our tried and true engines. > Pipestrel just got their trainer approved by EASA and the FAA can't be > far behind. Once the gate is open there will be a flood of electric > planes getting certified and hitting the market. None of us with engines > would give up our known power sources but for someone thinking of > building . . . I haven't looked into it be just from general impressions > an electric motor, maybe one taken from a wrecked Tesla, hooked up to a > self-sought controller and batteries and other components . . . Pat > Panzera probably already knows someone in the LSA or Experimental field > putting together turn-key electric propulsion solutions for homebuilders. > Electric planes are good only for training or flying around the ranch > but Pipestril is saying they'll have a four-seater with three hours of > range certified a year from now. Their EASA certification arrived a year > earlier that they had been projecting so this technology is moving fast. > In ten years I would expect fast chargers sitting next to the fuel bibs > at just about any airport except the smallest. > > Just an observation prompted by the Pipestril certification. Electric > power is the future, and not that far away. The KR is a slick fuselage > with a wing that carries a lot of weight without much trouble - > relatively perfect. If someone were to buy NVAero and start thinking > electric our KR designs will be part of the evolution. > > Mike > KSEE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
