I heard him being interviewed on the radio last night or the night before.
a few points.
they are doing this in conjunction with Sydney seaplanes at rose bay who are going to convert one of their aircraft as a test.
it is NOT a Saab that Rex will be converting initially but a King Air 200. It will be done in Wagga. Initially one engine will be swapped then it it works they will swap the second. Not sure if they intend to extend it to the Saab fleet but I imagine it will take years as they need casa certification on the king air first then would need to repeat the process on the Saab.
given there are similar sized aircraft to the king air being built specifically as electric planes in the pipeline I am not sure what the point is. Although I don’t think those are using hydrogen to recharge the batteries inflight as Rex want to.
they see this being used on flights up to around one hour flight time.
anyway. I am not sure of the economics of it. Seems a fizzer to me.
Last edited by Foxxster; 3rd Aug 2022 at 23:01.