Electric training aircraft in the RAF

[chevvron]

What's '57.6 kW' in real money?

[BEagle]

About 77 bhp.

[622]

Originally Posted by Timelord

Let’s hope that someone remembers to organise the charging infrastructure as well as buying the aircraft.

Can Voyagers trail extension leads ?

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by 622

Can Voyagers trail extension leads ?

Ah, so that's why crew talk about plugging into a tanker...

[NutLoose]

Originally Posted by Timelord

Let’s hope that someone remembers to organise the charging infrastructure as well as buying the aircraft.

The one they are testing you can do a battery swop in under 5 mins, thus as with a lox pot, they could go to a bay for servicing.

[Timelord]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

The one they are testing you can do a battery swop in under 5 mins, thus as with a lox pot, they could go to a bay for servicing.

That’s a relief. I had visions of a row of zero emission trainers being charged up by a row of petrol driven power sets!

[NutLoose]

Watch about 45 secs in. 2 mins shows the other set.

You Tube

[Big Pistons Forever]

Don't worry this aircraft will never see RAF service as some HQ staff weinie will probably require crews to wear a bone dome and G suite and then nobody will fit ....

[NutLoose]

Even though the aircraft has a ballistic parachute!

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever

as some HQ staff weinie will probably require crews to wear a bone dome and G suite and then nobody will fit ....

A 3-piece G suite, presumably ...

[sycamore]

Ahhhh,G-plan ,back to the `60s....

[chopper2004]

Aero Vodochody

Originally Posted by beardy

Electric aircraft



The featured distributor says that the RAF has them. Is this true?

Seek and ye shall find today Aero Vodochody unveiled their new Emissionless jet




cheers