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Additionally I'm not sure I would call a 2 seater, a "passenger plane".
Then what would you call the person in the second seat, who isn't flying the plane?
Instructor. These are designed pretty much exclusively as LSA trainers.
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Then what would you call the person in the second seat, who isn't flying the plane?
>Then what would you call the person in the second seat, who isn't flying the plane? Instructor. These are designed pretty much exclusively as LSA trainers.
I wonder if there'd be an increase or loss of carbon footprint compared to gas, when most of electricity produced in Australia is from coal?
Well, one passenger, more like a sports plane than an airliner. Still very awesome :D
I wonder if there'd be an increase or loss of carbon footprint compared to gas, when most of electricity produced in Australia is from coal?
Coal power plants are roughly as efficient as an internal combustion engine (around 40%) and considering the power transmission losses, charging losses, electric engine inefficiencies and so on, any electric vehicle has worse overall efficiency than the equivalent gas vehicle. Electric vehicles only make sense from a pollution reduction point of view if the power is generated from renewable sources.
"Australia's first electric passenger plane takes to the skies" Well, one passenger, more like a sports plane than an airliner. Still very awesome :D
>It costs about $3 an hour to run the plane's engine, one-tenth the cost of a fuel engine.
This sounds really great and at only €65,000 ($78196.30USD) it sounds like a steal that will scale nicely once it can carry the 5+ passengers it intends to. Someone in the comments mentioned it also sounds like a great idea because there will be many less moving parts. The plane also switches to more of a glider-mode once I imagine it's at altitude. A silent ride sounds kind of peaceful when I think of the drone of a normal plane.
I wonder if there'd be an increase or loss of carbon footprint compared to gas, when most of electricity produced in Australia is from coal?
Coal power plants are roughly as efficient as an internal combustion engine (around 40%) and considering the power transmission losses, charging losses, electric engine inefficiencies and so on, any electric vehicle has worse overall efficiency than the equivalent gas vehicle. Electric vehicles only make sense from a pollution reduction point of view if the power is generated from renewable sources.