I don't take anything on RAS personally any more. I was genuinely
interested in the "why" aspect of the conversion.

Dan
5J

On 3/9/21 12:25 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Dan Marotta wrote on 3/9/2021 7:42 AM:
I just gotta ask, "Why"?

What is the cost of the conversion?Â* Is the engine failed and not
repairable? Are there a lot of brownie points for "saving the planet"?

If I wanted to, my gas powered Stemme could reach just about anywhere
in the western states on a single tank of gas.Â* The electric offerings
from Stemme have great range at the expense of carrying a gas-powered
generator along to make the electric power to run the motor.Â* Where's
the advantage?

Dan
Don't take it personally :^) Kenn is converting an AC-5 Russia, a WAY
DIFFERENT glider than the
Stemme! It has a rattlely, unreliable motor of modest power, but I'll
let Kenn fill in the details
of his decision.

On 3/8/21 8:51 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
2G wrote on 3/8/2021 5:19 PM:
On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 5:15:13 PM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 5:25:41 AM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
2G wrote on 3/7/2021 9:06 PM:
On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 8:52:23 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
...

Also, Hank concluded with this piece of advice:

"To my knowledge this has been done once so far in the US .
If you want an electric sailplane- buy one."

Sounds prudent to me.

Some people like the challenge, much as glider pilots do in their
flying (or they'd get an airplane): Ken Sebesta, a participant here,
has removed the self-launching gas motor from his AC-5 Russia and is
replacing it with an electric motor. I believe he's bench-tested the
motor, ESC, and batteries, and is now working out the motor mounting
details.