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Old 26th Sep 2011, 21:43
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The real cost benefit of electric power, in my view, would lie in the lack of maintenance required
My experience of rechargeable batteries is that they are not that reliable or long lifed. Capacity drops as they get old and they are very costly.

Inherently I think that electric aircraft are more expensive than Avgas aircraft. Its just taxation of Avgas that makes it more expensive.
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