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Old 27th May 2011, 09:19
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Well, other than a reduced noise level I don't think there's a lot of difference between flying electric or flying on fossile fuel. Especially if you fly FADEC equipped aircraft today already.

Yes, you only have one "load" lever instead of throttle, mixture, prop, carb heat, ignition and maybe a few other knobs and dials but I personally have never found those to be an integral part of the "fun" of flying.

Not to mention getting your hands dirty when refueling. Especially the smell of Jet-A can linger for hours.

(And electric aircraft can be turned upside down without needing inverted fuel/oil systems, header tanks and whatnot, so they're great for aerobatics - apart from the weight issue of the batteries.)
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