Electro.Aero is a light aircraft with an electric power unit. The other day it made a test flight, the first step for certification as an authorized aircraft. The model is called Alpha Electro and is positioned as a training electric plane - a pioneer of the era of electric air cars.
Electro.Aero filing documents at the end of 2017 and when all the bureaucratic subtleties have been settled, the company will be among the leading players in the new sphere of the market.
Machines for training new pilots are equipped with lithium-ion batteries, which provide 1 hour of continuous flight, but there is also an emergency reserve for another 30 minutes. Replacement of batteries in the presence of the necessary infrastructure takes several minutes, and they are fully charged up to 1 hour.
Little is known about the flying qualities of the electric plane, they are known to be modest.
It's a great idea. One hour of continuous flight isn't extremely useful as a training aircraft though. You would want to use it for pattern flying and takeoff/landing training. The takeoffs though would use much more power than continuous flight thereby draining the battery much much quicker. You may get 2 total TO/Landings when you include the pre-flight check and pattern flights.
Not a certified pilot (yet) but that's my initial impression.
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