Electric Planes Are FINALLY Here And They're Breaking Records!

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Recording an eye watering 345 mph, the Accel Plane is officially the fastest electric vehicle on the planet! Before it retires to the Science Museum, Imogen and Robert wanted to meet the team from Evolito, Yasa and Electroflight to find out how they've made electric flight take off! From axial flux motors, advanced cooling and packing staggering amounts of torque - this plane is choc-a-bloc with astounding technologies that are paving the way to mainstream electric aviation.
00:00 A lot can happen in 6 years
01:19 A 345mph all electric aircraft
02:31 What's the point in breaking records?
03:05 The techy bit and a load of motors
05:24 What's next for electrified aerospace?
06:00 What about the batteries?
07:34 Drain the battery in 8 minutes
08:18 A tiny gigafactory
08:48 A whole lot of power from an impossible motor
09:48 Axial vs radial flux
11:15 All torque
12:20 What's next?
14:20 A hub of ingenuity
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@alberto5147 Год назад

World records are great but what we need is a range world record. I feel THAT's what is going to change things.

@rookie4619 Год назад

I turned off when I heard about an 8 minute flight time

@mathiasgebhart Год назад

Solar impulse has flown around the world...

@zapfanzapfan Год назад

Solar Impulse 2 has good range but slow speed.

@patreekotime4578 Год назад

@@rookie4619 yawn. Why should anyone care that you dont care?

@patreekotime4578 Год назад

Around the world solar electric flight was pinoneered in the 1980s. Range isnt the problem as long as you dont mind paper thin wings and spending weeks in the air. The problem is getting close enough to the performance levels of combustion-powered flight to make electric flight a reasonable and attractive alternative. A vehicle that can acheive a speed record can easily be throttled down to fly longer at lower speeds. But a vehicle specifically designed for efficiency over long distances generally cant be forced to get there faster. That is why this is important.

@mikemellor759 Год назад

Great combination of Robert’s long term connection with the companies and Imogen’s clear technical explanations 👏👏

@grahamstevenson1740 Год назад

An explanation of why battery planes are destined to the dustbin of history !

@dstarley Год назад

I'm so glad to see that projects visited by Fully Charged are starting to make breakthroughs. Really positive sign of progress!

@alienatedbeing7513 Год назад

At top speed it can only achieve a flight time of 8 minutes…..

@old_toucs6283 Год назад

This represents zero progress. That won't change until a really big battery tech leap forwards comes along.

@BigDuke6ixx Год назад

It's a dead end. The problem is mass and energy density and there are no solutions for those issues. There is no new battery chemistry that can come to the rescue because we have reached peak battery.

@jessemcelroy5266 Год назад

@@alienatedbeing7513 The breakthrough is in the motor not the batteries so the axial flux motors will enable cars with their huge batteries to go much much further and launch much faster than ever before , the plane had a tiny battery in comparison.

@peterbrown6453 Год назад

@@BigDuke6ixx and yet higher energy density batteries are being achieved all the time. Amprius announced production of 450 Wh/kg for example

@JonathanEzor Год назад

One of the coolest things about this is that the Fully Charged Show was there at the beginning (2011!) and can show the result. Well done to all!

@fmb909 10 месяцев назад

Bro the horseless carriage was electric

@thomasmorris1194 Год назад

I was lucky enough to spend a week of one of my interships seconded to Electroflight helping assemble some of the battery pack prototypes, and soldering up some of the temperature monitoring boards that run between the cells. Great fun and great people to work with! Don't know if anything I assembled ended up on the final Spirit of Innovation, but going to need to go visit the Science museum to see if my signature is still on there!

@evane8155 Год назад

I hope around the world electric commercial flights become the norm in my lifetime.

@t.g.2777 Год назад

If they can get aluminium batteries to work then they could have 3 times higher energy density so 3 times the range but think anything longer than 1000 miles will have to be by either hydrogen or liquid ammonia or eco-fuels etc for many decades

@Cloxxki Год назад

Better don't rely on batteries then!

@patreekotime4578 Год назад

How long do you plan on living? There are some serious issues facing electrification of large heavy airliners. International flight and even international shipping are places where I think we can expect things to remain tied to combustible fuels for a long time. But I do think its reasonable that we may see regional commercial "puddle jumper" flights go electric in the next 30 years. And especially as the general public begins to shift towards electric vehicles, there will be pressure on airlines to make that transition. But it is going to require many more breakthroughs to get us there. I do think we are morely to see a transition in HOW people travel before we see electric ocean-crossing planes.

@kmcat Год назад

@@t.g.2777 You don't real measure endurance on a planes in Km its normally done in time, as a winds have a massive affect on endurance.

@Cloxxki Год назад

@@patreekotime4578 batteries are useless for large airliners. Remember that they land on low fuel. That's the battery+motor weight we need. Matching take off weight is hard enough at that scale. Free energy divices or Tesla towers are our best hope. Hydrogen bombs with wings...no thanks.

@dr-k1667 Год назад

This is so exciting to see and following this channel for all these years where this was first talked about to what it is today means it's growing closer to a reality I will get to experience in my life time. Thanks for continuing to follow up on stories like this.

@uproid Год назад

A fascinating glimpse into upcoming motor and battery technology. This fully charged episode is about something new and different, very refreshing compared to some of the fully charged episodes which have been becoming a bit same old. I read the article in an aviation mag when this record was set back in March 22 - but of course that was all about the aviation aspects such has what it was like to fly (difficult!) whereas this episode dives into the battery and motor technology. Although Robert wasn't allowed to talk about it much, it is clear that now the one off Accel has set the records, this has attracted attention and they are now working on stuff that will go into day to day use aircraft.

@Mediumdave1983 Год назад

Amazing to see electrification in such a highly demanding use case as aviation! Those axial motors sound incredible, hope to see more innovation like that throughout the industry :)

@PhilRounds Год назад

Wish i could have heard the motor running. I really dig the sound electric vehicles make.

@Grunttamer Год назад

@@iridium8341 they absolutely have a sound it’s just quiet

@Markcain268 Год назад

You'd have loved the 70's with all the milk floats around lol

@pauljs75 Год назад

At some point it sounds almost the same as a regular aircraft because of the prop wash noise. It's quieter, but not absolutely quiet because it works differently than cars. It's about as loud as anything else during takeoff under power, the quiet comes in glide for landing.

@PistonAvatarGuy Год назад

You would only be able to hear the propeller.

@MegaWilderness Год назад

@@PistonAvatarGuy Which sounds almost the same as all turboprops

@danielhockin6705 Год назад

loved the motor content with Imogen, things are moving quickly!

@TheRealBobHickman Год назад

Imogen was giving me Tomorrow's World vibes for the really techy bits - great stuff!

@snotrocket8579 Год назад

No mention of the Nemesis NXT airframe which makes the speed possible. With an IC engine the same airframe posted a speed of 415mph at the Reno air races in 2009. The speed of the aircraft is primarily a function of aerodynamics not horsepower. Credit John Sharp and team Nemesis for the superior aerodynamics.

@Merrlin Год назад

I think they’re more focused about the selling points in this video so unfortunately they didn’t mention that brilliant NXT aerodynamic design. The engine also isn’t new technology to be fair, Koenigsegg Gamera uses an almost virtually identical. Each EV motor only weighing north of 60lbs helps the chassis get up to that speed but the battery weight is still a huge issue. I would assume the IC engine would weigh a fair bit lighter = higher top speed and total travel range of the aircraft

@geoffwoodgate7450 Год назад

This is really slow. WW2 fighters would do 450mph +

@snotrocket8579 Год назад

@@geoffwoodgate7450The Nemesis NXT was a designed as a sport class air racer, limited in engine displacement to 1000 cubic inches. WWII fighters had much larger engines, therefore more horsepower and speed. Also, most WWII fighters were really fast up high in the air but down close to 4500' elevation (Reno, NV air races) an unmodified P51 (1650 cubic inch engine) would likely be overtaken by the NXT (540 cubic inch engine)

@csjrogerson2377 Год назад

@@geoffwoodgate7450 Only just faster and only a few aircraft. Diving doesnt count.

@csjrogerson2377 Год назад

It's not just horsepower and it's not just aerodynamics. It's both. A brick with 2000 hp engine flies into the ground quite fast. A superb airframe with a zero horse power motor is a glider, but only after being towed into the air.

@cg986 Год назад

Put an Amprius battery in that and things will get even crazier! Exited about the future!

@user-im7sj7gr2v Год назад

Solar solar solar solar

@MrArcheopteryx Год назад

Wonderful!! Perfect example of smart, persistent engineering dedicated at resolving problems. Then, they visualise a better motor altogether - no only being content with minor improvements. The engineering and management of Evolito is top notch. They should be featured in College and Universities as well as a real inspiration. Thank you so much Fully Charged. I definitely subscribed for more.

@hazza753 Год назад

How exciting! Great content as always, Cheers.

@mondotv4216 Год назад

This what Fully Charged is good at and Imogen and Robert are an awesome team!

@evilutionltd Год назад

I thought range anxiety was bad in a car 😂

@NetraAmorosi Год назад

I mean to be fair you have that with fuel aircraft too, it's not like you can just stop in the middle of the sky and breakout the gas can. You run out of fuel in the air you crash just the same as a electric that has ran out of energy. No difference in that regard.

@Snerdles Год назад

No need to worry, just glide right in to any public charger! Why so anxious?!

@lazynow1 Год назад

Yea, gravity is no joke, and does not play stupid EV games

@fpartidafpartida Год назад

@@lazynow1 So gas doesn’t run out in mid-air? Not sure what your point is. If you mis-calculate your range, why does the power source matter?

@LG123ABC Год назад

A well-designed aircraft doesn't simply fall out of the sky if it loses power. In fact, some of them can glide for quite a while.

@yoump 7 месяцев назад

Many thanks for such a great video!

@AshfaqAhmedShikder1 Год назад

Electric love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 😊

@ramblerandy2397 Год назад

10:04 I recently changed my old, broken Miele washing machine for a brand spanking new Chinese one. The Miele had a conventional electric motor which had served well and drove the tub via a long belt. But my new Haier has an axial motor mounted directly on the back of the tub. It is virtually silent, smooth and guaranteed for 10 years minimum. OK, it's not an aeroplane, but it just shows that newer technologies are getting into everyday products.

@benjaminbridger7771 Год назад

Fisher & Paykel have actually been doing this since the 90's! People often use the old motors for DIY wind turbine and pelton wheel generators.

@ramblerandy2397 Год назад

@@benjaminbridger7771 Excellent. I used to live in NZ, and F&P was my washing machine there. Although it would almost certainly have predated an axial flow motor.

@juliogonzo2718 Год назад

My mother bought a fancy front loading LG washing machine in about 2006, it was a $800 machine. In 7 years of light use it failed. There was a big cast aluminum brace with a suspension system that broke. She replaced it with the shittiest used Danby washing machine she could find. That stupid thing is still working 10 years later and refuses to die. It has mechanical timer switches and probably has absolutely no microprocessors. There is a beauty in old tech in my opinion

@WJV9 Год назад

I have a Maytag washing machine I bought 10 years ago that has a direct drive motor, no transmission, very quiet. It has a unique feature that it measures the size of the washing load by spraying a little water onto the clothing and then spinning up and then 'regen braking' the tub. By doing this is measures the 'mass' of the clothing load and then it automatically decides how much water to put in the tub to wash the clothing. Very neat. It has worked flawlessly for over 10 years and my wife says it's the best washer she has ever used. It's a top load, with no agitator in the center, just has smooth fins in the bottom of the tub.

@ramblerandy2397 Год назад

@@WJV9 I think my Haier does the same.

@vesawuoristo4162 Год назад

Beautiful plane , also.

@Lalong93 Год назад

Amazing episode!! learnt so much!

@onepairofhands Год назад

very cool - great presentation too

@gearjammer3688 Год назад

A truly lovely looking plane.

@edwardwilliams2564 Год назад

I feel like the Axial Flux motors would also be a huge boon to water-powered and wind-powered electric generators. Generating the same amount of power with fewer materials would help in a lot of areas.

@clusterstage Год назад

Engineer: I invented something useful. Investor Company: Great. Lets put it in a science museum.

@ryanstrudwick4528 Год назад

Such a good video I love when you present it makes so much sense how you explain things!

@waynethefridgemanosborne8984 Год назад

Great video guys. Thinking back the supermarine spitfire was originally built for a air speed record that it won multiple times, things are getting better all the time . Keep smiling everyone

@thamesmud 9 месяцев назад

Complete tosh. There is no relationship between the Spitfire and the supermarine record breakers other than the same designer and builder. Wingplan different , engine different, cooling system different etc etc etc.

@waynethefridgemanosborne8984 9 месяцев назад

Supermarine works was in eastligh in Hampshire UK. The famous Merlin engine was a hybrid manufactured by the Ford motor company in Essex UK and all assembled at the eastligh works. The plane went through various changes throughout the war to the very fine machine we know and love called the SPITFIRE. KEEP smiling everyone

@DemPilafian Год назад

For future viewers who are confused by the reference to the archaic and unfortunate *_345 mph,_* what they really mean is a speed of *_555 km/h._*

@MegaWilderness Год назад

A little over half the speed of a passenger jet. Thanks for considering our progeny

@javipk7 Год назад

Even as I despise imperial, I welcomed the more layman units of mph instead of knots!

@MegaWilderness Год назад

@@javipk7 Sea miles? All too confusing especially with aircraft

@stewie84 10 месяцев назад

Love it. Keep innovating.

@MrGorgefla Год назад

As usual awesome! The possibilities are endless.

@zapfanzapfan Год назад

Time for some air-racing league with electric planes!

@Crazy_Worlds Год назад

There are also quite a few electric powered light aircraft and gliders, and even powered hang gliders, that work really well and available commercially to private pilots and flight schools rather than magnificent but rather esoteric technology demonstrators chasing airspeed records. It would be great to see a report on those more conventional and practical aircraft.

@Client_Match Год назад

They have already. Check back in their video history. There was one Imogen presented on with a local airline based in Canada for one.

@radbaron Год назад

@@Client_Match Harbour Air with the Electric Beaver.

@alanrickett2537 Год назад

Or with a full size 5 blade propeller and not that little 3 blade fan

@shadowcalen Год назад

They work, but I would not say they work particularly well. You are still looking at about half the flight time for the same power output and weight.

@jstefa2 Год назад

@@shadowcalen pipistrel velis electro works very well as a trainer aircraft

@Skeggi 10 месяцев назад

This is a piece of art. It's gorgeous.

@MrFLUIZZLE Год назад

Very informative thank you for all the hard work everyone is doing. I can't wait to see where things go.

@ianji Год назад

In your earlier video Electroflight were singing the praises of their co-axial contra-rotating two bladed props. Spirit of innovation has clearly gone back to a traditional single three bladed prop. I was hoping that someone would explain the reason for this but it wasn't mentioned.

@theairstig9164 Год назад

Simpler lighter more reliable. Compensated for the loss of efficiency

@EugeneLambert Год назад

Electric self-launch gliders already exist, and I hope one day to own one.

@rogerfinch7651 Год назад

Awesome content again 👍👍👍👍

@paulmurden7621 Год назад

Awesome video and what a fascinating system.

@philjoyce7939 Год назад

"Like using a heatpump as a load bearing wall in your home.", now there's an idea.

@Moses_VII Год назад

The fastest conventional rail train, a Chinese one which goes to Xinjiang, is 400km/h. This plane does 552km/h. A maglev train could potentially do 600km/h. This plane is very fast.

@Leon_Schuit Год назад

True, but only for eight minutes. I wonder how long it could fly at it's optimal cruising speed, and also about what speed that would be.

@Slay_No_More Год назад

@@Leon_Schuit whatever the # would be, it would be hard to convince me to get in it.

@danblumel Год назад

The high speed train to Xinjiang only goes about 200 km/h it's a moderate speed train, not high speed as some others in China. I should know, I have lived there.

@larsjrgensen5975 Год назад

It is not really that fast, the local turbine propeller airliner flies 500km/h and most jet airliners fly at 600-800km/h.

@rameezahmed3863 Год назад

Exciting stuff!

@mikewilding72 Год назад

This is Fantastic!

@craigbob7734 Год назад

I was just thinking about the competitive nature of aircraft design up to this point in history. Its interesting to see how cooperation helped create these advancements, even among competitors ( Rolls-Royce versus Mercedes, as an example )

@mikeymike1792 Год назад

I love it, but it must be an absolute nightmare to taxi or land! The cockpit is basically in the tail.

@pauln0371 Год назад

That is 1 good looking plane.👍👍

@kevinm3751 Год назад

It really is exciting to see this technology working in aviation! I have wondered how effective an electric airframe would be and given the new technologies about to show breakthrough in battery tech, it is really going to propel aviation to new heights! The next few decades I think are going to be very, very exciting to see what comes of this space!

@realvanman1 Год назад

I want to know all of the technical details! 2400 rpm is irrelevant- that's typical prop speed.

@Todd66 Год назад

Awesome looking aircraft. If these battery companies would hurry up and make super batteries, vehicles like this would be something entirely different. Imagine how quiet eplanes are compared to traditional ICE powered or even jet powered aircraft

@grahamstevenson1740 Год назад

There are NOT GOING TO BE any 'super batteries', kiddo ! Learn something about electrochemistry instead of believing fucking MAGIC and the unmitigated TRIPE of 'fully charged'.

@nickiemcnichols5397 Год назад

My bestie lives very near a small airport. The noise is very annoying.

@grahamstevenson1740 Год назад

@@nickiemcnichols5397 If you don't like noise, it's advisable not to live near an airport !

@thamesmud 9 месяцев назад

Unfortunately you can't 'hurry up and invent batteries'. It's chemistry and we have been doing it for 200 years, there are no new elements.

@thamesmud 9 месяцев назад

Propeller aircraft are much noisier than turbines so don't go thinking that electric planes will be quiet.

@GroovyVideo2 Год назад

Great Show - Thanks

@sb5633 Год назад

A mind blowing, electric power aeroplane, with beautiful proportions and hunger for more!

@SuicideNeil Год назад

I'm curious how small they could build those axial flux motors- asking on behalf of the r/c model industry...

@pstanyer1 Год назад

No mention of range or flying time.

@0utcastAussie Год назад

8 minutes

@Tminus89 10 месяцев назад

Great stuff

@capuchinseven Год назад

That thing LOOKS amazing.

@SirLoinOfsteak85 Год назад

So it has a range of 46 miles at full chat... Might be just enough for the commute to work I suppose. I hope it rapid charges!

@4literv6 Год назад

Only about 2 gallons worth of fuel onboard, can a 345mph gas powered plane even get off the runway with just 2 gallons if fuel in it? 😀

@colinmacdonald5732 Год назад

What practical use is a plane with a range of 45miles? In my part of World most airports are at least 80 miles apart!

@MegaWilderness Год назад

@@4literv6Which gas are you talking about, hydrogen or methane?

@Atticus3lack Год назад

I'm surprised electric planes aren't more of a thing. I understand its a massive task but electric short haul flights would be a game changer.

@gingernutpreacher Год назад

Few more year's for for commercial 500wh per kg batteries

@jimlambrick4642 Год назад

Already close to happening in BC with an electric Beaver making regular test flights Victoria/ Vancouver. Operational commercially soon.

@4literv6 Год назад

@@redfox435cat efficiency should be factored into your errant calculations. Evs are 3-5x more efficient vs combustion engine's.

@gingernutpreacher Год назад

@@redfox435cat can not find batteries of that whatt hour other than in a lab any links please

@jimlambrick4642 Год назад

@@redfox435cat The operative phrase should be 'short haul flights' and where I live in BC there are probably 1000 such flights every day 30-50 miles and based on the already built converted Beaver floatplane excellent results, EP's will soon account for some significant proportion of those.

@klaudelu18 Год назад

As always, an electrifying experience, Fully Charged. Thank you!

@MansaKimani Год назад

Exciting!

@annoyingbstard9407 Год назад

Incredible! It matched the speed achieved a century ago.

@Lord.Kiltridge Год назад

Seeing some very interesting propellers here. Wondering is a toroidal propeller would provide a performance boost.

@tonybarton3746 Год назад

Love it , imagine one of those motors in a motorbike back wheel 😊😊👍👍

@ryen7512 Год назад

Imagine what they could do with amprius batteries in that plane...

@willyfindlay4398 Год назад

Wooow that's amazing. Reminiscent of the Super-Marine seaplane speed records. It would be great to see an Electric Spitfire in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. ❤

@macronencer Год назад

7:00 I'm fascinated by this wiring robot! Very clever.

@billgreen8966 Год назад

Great technology, really impressive. Would have been interesting to know the range of the aircraft when throttled back to say 100 mph to get an idea how the new motor and batteries are going to integrate into light aviation.

@mazmich13 Год назад

I remember working on components for Electroflight some years ago, exciting project. Nice to see it gaining ground. What happened to the contra rotating props?

@mrparanoid9698 Год назад

Very good video ❤

@piconano Год назад

The motor was fascinating.

@pieteri.duplessis Год назад

What a gorgeous aircraft. Love the technology.

@danblumel Год назад

It's a USA airframe, NXT was its name and developed as a Reno air racer.

@Dannington Год назад

Nice!

@bob808 Год назад

Awesome to see Australian made parts from an Australian company (PWR) on this incredible record breaking machine! :D

@StarBoundFables Год назад

Epic! That eVTOL air-taxi looks incredible! (It sorta remind me of a sleek flight-capable Tesla Semi)

@cgsmithify Год назад

And The first motor vehicle journey is commonly attributed to the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which was built by Karl Benz in 1886. On its maiden voyage, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen traveled a distance of about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, on July 3, 1886. This journey marked an important milestone in the development of automobiles and paved the way for the modern automotive industry.

@francisbrooks8533 Год назад

So practical.

@BadBoybBubby Год назад

What a gorgeous aircraft.

@linmal2242 Год назад

I love the 'Spirits' sweptback wing tips reminding one of a bird of uncertain name !

@GerardBendotti Год назад

It's a thing of beauty

@das375 Год назад

wow! I can see the future is flying!

@paulbennett4548 Год назад

Thank you gang for a wonderful follow-up on this amazing company. on a lighter note: I hear that Doc Brown is pleased to hear that some of his Flux-capacitor technology is being used in the radial Flux motors. So now I pondering, is the plane propelled fast or just jumping through time and space really fast..............................

@timmurphy5541 Год назад

WONDERFUL!!!! YES! Thank you :-) This is the kind of thing that fascinates me :-)

@larrywave Год назад

You should do 1 playlist for electric planes and 1 for electric boats 👍

@Slebonson Год назад

Crazy!

@chrisgurney2467 Год назад

Can't believe it's been 6 years already :0

@knowledgebyte Год назад

Cool stuff. Dark Aero have an amazing aircraft design that in just five years could be using the technologies on display here. Obviously the range at present isn’t there, but given the science that is now just starting to emerge with SSB technologies and with the advent of AI design assisted tools that will end up merging with additive printing technologies, you can see how rapid design and prototyping will allow large scale design and rapid adoption. If we apply Moores Law to the equation, you can see aviation is set for a bright electric fuelture. Guess who brought you the word future-proof? It was me back in the early eighties, on writing a article and using the word on my training courses at QA.

@jamiefox54 Год назад

8 minutes ! Well, at least they get points for honesty.

@IDrNik Год назад

That is a gorgeous plane

@herrunsinn774 Год назад

I've invented a light-weight eclectic plane that that can fly non-stop from London to New York city for just a few dollars of electricity. This incredible advancement in efficiency is due to having ditched those heavy batteries. The only small challenge yet to work out is where I can find a 3,500-mile extension cable. 😅🤣😂

@jeremykothe2847 Год назад

I totally saw Kryten sitting in that place making "pew pew" sounds.

@Wol747 Год назад

Brilliant.

@mogeking56 Год назад

Whistle stop tour, I am stealing that 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@RayMrRobert Год назад

Bravo

@GrrMeister 10 месяцев назад

12:22 *Pure Fantasy !*

@ausnorman8050 Год назад

6yrs.. Wow I remember watching the original haha. Time fly's electronically!

@Markle2k Год назад

2400rpm is actually pretty pedestrian. That's not a bad thing. 2400 rpm keeps a propeller's tips on a 2 meter propeller below the speed of sound. that's good for efficient transfer of power

@moriarteaa4692 Год назад

Thanks for pointing that out. They could have marketed that Information so much better. Like needing no gearbox or a small one.

@theovanbooma8508 Год назад

Yea I remember when they test supersonic jet powered propeller planes. On the ground the shock waves could knock people over and in flight it could pop ear drums. And be super inefficient at the same time. Haha

@Ticonderoga12 4 месяца назад

Beautiful aircraft

@tymanot Год назад

Great Video. Thanks for sharing. And interesting that Mercedes bought that company.

@RecordableID Год назад

The Wright Brothers never imagined this!

@malcolmrickarby2313 Год назад

They used to hold the record for shortest time in the air.🤔

@RWBHere Год назад

One thing which is really interesting is that the aircraft will travel about 75 miles at full speed. Because of the square law, if it travelled at ⅓ the speed; 115 mph, it would run for nine times as long, giving it a range of about 225 miles. This is pretty much the same range as many petrol-powered light aircraft. With low speed optimisations I can see a similar, lower-powered aircraft travelling for almost 300 miles using 72kWh of battery capacity. Increase the capacity as energy density continues to improve without adding any more mass, and you have a very viable light aircraft for recreational use. We live in an exciting time.