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  • Ducted Electric motors - Coming soon to trikes?

    The E-Fan is the brainchild of Didier Esteyne, an engineer and pilot with a knack for electric aircraft. Two years ago he unveiled an electric version of the diminutive Cri-Cri, which made its debut here last year. Esteyne worked with EADS — corporate parent to Airbus — on the...

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  • Part 103 & Soaring Trikes-- What's available

    Let's have a group effort to list out what is available in 103 & Soaring trikes.  Help fill in the blanks / ?? too You can use this format to get you started (copy paste): Trike Name: [Photo] Click to enlarge   (Use "Embed Content"  or link to ...

    Tags: Part 103, Soaring Trikes, Enignes, Pull Start, Horsepower, Light Trikes, bailey, solairus, electric, atf-trike, northwing

  • Electric Sports weight-shift trike impresses

    Found this article - its a couple of years old now. Wonder if they have made any progress?   June 17, 2012 by Dan Johnson Leave a Comment AERO, held each year in the south of Germany, is one of those shows that has interesting aircraft in more nooks and cran...

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  • Sunseeker Duo

    The Duo has a big but not inordinately so wingspan of 22 meters.  At just over 600 pounds empty weight, it doesn't have to work that hard at lifting itself.  With more than 1500 solar cells on the wings and tail, the Sunseeker Duo can put out 25kW of power and stay aloft for as l...

    Tags: soaring, sailplane, duo, solar, electric

  • New altitude record in electric trike!

    Glad to see some progress in the electric trike arena. South Carolina pilot sets the bar (not too high) On June 21, with scattered clouds overhead and a crowd gathered on and around Greenville Downtown Airport in Greenville, S.C., Gary Davis launched in a near-silent pursuit of a world rec...

    Tags: electric, trike, batteries, lithium!

  • The Green 1 e-Glider from eUp Aviation- Canada. Electric Soaring Trike !!!

    When I went to Dan Beattie's page, I saw this message from Dave G there about a Canadian Electric Glider company.  Too cool.  My next trike is definitely going to be an electric (used) soaring trike:   http://flyeup.wordpress.com/   http://www.youtube.c...

    Tags: Electric, Soaring, Trike, engine, folding, soaring, trikes, right

  • Lennies, Virga & an Old Tractor-- tonight at the PRUA BBQ

    PRUA = Paso Robles Ultralight Association The sky was very active, constantly changing, but the near ground level winds weren't bad and the electric "e-gull" went flying and so did Ralph & Jim.

    Tags: Lenticular, Lennie, Virga, Clouds, PRUA, Paso Robles Ultralight Association, Electric

  • Electric Trike?

    You know, these guys from Earthstar are only about 50 miles form me and part of the PRUA club I belong to. Maybe Ken ( @Knussear ) & I could get some used stuff from him, if Rizzy can get us a good deal on a engine-less soaring trike. You know a couple of the things I like best about elec...

    Tags: Electric, Soaring, trik, earthstar, eGull

  • Aerospace engineer designs faster Electric Airplane

    Aerospace engineer Stephan Boutenko was inspired to design a new electric airplane after reading about a Chinese-built model in 2009. The Chinese airplane could only fly 55 mph; Boutenko thought he could improve on that and assembled a team that came up with a design for an aircraft that simul...

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