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Related: About this forumAirbus makes a pretty neat 2 seater electric airplane
?DA8EFBERLINWhen a Panavia Tornado blasted into the clouds above the Berlin Air Show before swooping back down toward the Earth, the grounds below shook from the roar of the fighter bomber's twin engines.
When the next aircraft took to the sky, the air show went eerily quiet.
The fully electric E-Fan aircraft, engineered by Airbus Group, made one of its first public demonstrations here last week following it's first-ever flight in France on March 11.
The novel two-seater aircraft was designed from the outset for electrical propulsion, from its energy management system to safety features. In developing this technology, Airbus aims to one day reduce the aerospace industry's carbon dioxide emissions by an order of magnitude.
"It's a very different way of flying," said Jean Botti, chief technical and innovation officer at Airbus Group, "absolutely no noise, no emissions."
A series of lithium-ion batteries fitted into the wings of the plane are the sole power source for the E-Fan's two 30-kilowatt electric motors. A 6 kW electric motor in the main wheel provides extra power during acceleration and taxiing to reduce electrical power consumption on the ground.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/impossible-electric-airplane-takes-flight/
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Airbus makes a pretty neat 2 seater electric airplane (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
May 2014
OP
Anansi1171
(793 posts)1. scaling up the traditional powersource for small UAVs.
Think about the environmental, construction and maintenance costs society could save with the advent of "flying cars" that are clean and quiet. The Kochs would do anything to stop that from happenning.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)2. Plus.......
No more chemtrails.......LOL
progressoid
(49,999 posts)3. Rec.