Originally Posted by
KiloB
I would be a lot more impressed if there was mention of Horsepower, Battery capacity etc. At the moment this just comes across as a ‘puff piece’.
Still under development - first flight just last month - but
projected specs (ex
AvWeb, by way of wikipedia) seem to be:
- 440 lb payload (subtracting projected EW of 1460 lbs including batteries, from projected GTOW of 1900 lbs)
- 3.5 hours endurance
- 92 kWh total battery capacity, in 6 packs.
- Siemens SP70D motor - max. output 90kW, continuous output 70kW, obviously "throttled" to less than that to obtain projected endurance
- 135 kts max speed
- engine weight 57 lbs
- $3 per hour operating costs
Note the engine and battery suppliers have changed since Dave's 2016 specs.
It
flies - remains to be seen how fast, for how long, and how far.