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Old June 5th 15, 06:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Proairsport. New ultra light glider/airplane

Neat, but what I wanna know is if I can use the electric motor to spin the wheels up before landing so I don't have to hear that screech and smell burning rubber when touching down on asphalt runways;-)

Seriously though, I'm wondering if they're keeping the electric motor light by relying on the fact that it will be used only for short bursts with long periods of rest. Sort of like a starter motor, it seems to me they could get the power they need in a lighter motor by running it at much higher than it's rated continuous output because it will do so only for a short time and then have a long cool odd period.