Category: electric airplane

First commercial electric airplane completes test flight

Post author By Randall
Post date December 11, 2019
Categories In de havilland beaver, ebeaver, electric airplane, green, harbour air, magnix, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, vancouver

[ad_1] The eBeaver is a highly modified version of de Havilland’s legendary DCH-2 Beaver, equipped with a 750 horsepower electric motor from Redmond, Washington-based Magnix. Harbour Air announced its partnership with Magnix earlier this year and said it planned to build the world’s first “completely electric commercial seaplane fleet.” So far, electric planes have failed […]

Air racing tournament unveils an all-electric sports aircraft

Post author By Randall
Post date November 17, 2019
Categories In air race e, air racing, Airbus, aircraft, condor, condor aviation, electric aircraft, electric airplane, gear, green, racing, Sports, Tech, Transportation, white lightning

[ad_1] The lithium battery is short-lived, to put it mildly — the White Lightning can last for just five minutes of all-out racing, and 10 minutes of reserve flight at lower power. You won’t see any endurance races with this one. Air Race E chief Jeff Walkman instead describes the airplane and the tournament as […]