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Old December 27th 15, 07:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default GP 14 Update and Video of Innovative Motor Deployment System forGP 14 E Motorglider

On Sunday, 27 December 2015 19:33:58 UTC+2, wrote:

A search for "Interview with Jerzy Peszke 30 January 2015" gets an interview where Peszke says that the batteries weigh 20 kg (versus 32 kg for the FES). Of course, it is not clear how the GP 14 gets the same range as a FES glider like the Silent Electro 2, yet has batteries that weigh only 2/3 as much.


FES installations use total of 4,2 kWh battery capacity with mass of 30+ kg.. GP states it has 4 kWh battery capacity. To get that from 20 kg commercially available battery would be nothing short of sensational.