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Old 31st October 2011 | 18:32
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slowrotor
 
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It's getting close Dave.
I would attach these motors to my ultralight airplane. So it would only need the electric lift for less than a minute , to make it VTOL.

The cost of batteries keeps coming down.
Joby is working on an electric VTOL sailplane. Have you seen that?
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