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Old 14th Apr 2011, 21:18
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slowrotor
 
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Hi Dave,
I am working on a one seat trailerable floatplane now.
I might get back to VTOL designs when the battery technology allows for a high discharge rate with about one or two minutes of extreme power. That's all I would need to launch a fixed wing airplane using multiple electric lift fans.

The batteries should be available in few years. This system of using electric only for launch and landing is sort of what arismount suggested.
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