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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:


No if that thing has enough energy stored to fly for 1 hour then assuming
you are talking about daytime VFR flight then the flight can on last 30
minutes.

Thirty minutes in the practice area, then thirty, no, make that twenty
nine, minutes in the pattern. ;-


I love it. We need to stop using ferin' oil, this is the first of many
steps in the right direction.

It raises some interesting things to think about:

Take off weight equals landing weight. (no fuel burn off)
No C.G. shift. (no fuel burn off)
It would be an improved training environment (no engine noise)
The prop makes a good bit of noise.
What if your tiedown spot was all solar cells?
Will FBO's stock charged batteries for cross-country flights?