e-power - some operational parameters to consider.

[Keith Black]

I have no inside knowledge on Jason's setup, but that's what I read too.
Clearly it's still pretty extravagant, but all things should be considered
such as fuel costs, performance, etc.

To me the really exciting thing is that now it's possible, period. It wasn't
long ago that the battery technology was such that this wouldn't be possible
at any price. And things are sure to get better.

You know, Honda just introduced a hybrid car that works on a fuel cell
(hydrogen powered electric). It would be awesome to see this technology
available at our much smaller scale. Just fill the tank with hydrogen and
fly clean and quite.

Keith Black




----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Lehnardt" <blehnardt at att.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: e-power - some operational parameters to consider.


> > Having spent time around electrics there's no question in my mind that
> electrics are far
> > preferable assuming the following:
> > 1) Cost of batteries is reasonable, (remember you have to have multiple
> batteries),
> > 2) Flight durations are equal to IC flight times (15+ minutes), and
> > 3) Power is consistent throughout the flight (in other words as the
> battery drains the
> > engine will be less powerful). This is actually related to #2 flight
> duration.
>
> Any estimates on when #1 will happen?
> Did someone say Jason was using packs that cost $700+ EACH and he has
three
> packs,
> or did I read that wrong?
>
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