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Old 11th Jan 2018, 00:36
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mcoates
 
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Originally Posted by jack11111
I'm thinking this is not going to be a very hot or very cold weather aircraft. Hopefully it shall have very good ram air ventilation.

Batteries are happy in the Goldilocks temperature range, as are pilots.

The plane is operating in 38° over in Perth without any issues and it is certainly not hotter inside the cabin because you don't have a hot combustion engine in the front passing temperature through the firewall. So, it was about as comfortable as driving a car on the same day with the windows wide open because it does have really good ventilation.

It will go the opposite way in winter where you won't get the heat transfer that you would normally get with a gasoline engine. We have some flying in Switzerland they have not complained (yet) I guess, you just can't go flying in winter in a T-shirt and shorts. But, as I mentioned a heater of some description is under development.
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