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...Tags: electric
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...Tags: electric
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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
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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...Tags: Electric, Electric Airplane