Maybe Lithium batteries in gliders not quite such a good idea yet?

On Sunday, January 20, 2013 1:59:45 PM UTC-5, RAS56 wrote:
.... In 2006, Securaplane's administration building "burned to the ground"
because of a botched laboratory test involving a GS Yuasa battery designed
for the 787. In 2007, the FAA imposed a set of special conditions for Boeing
to prove the safety of lithium-ion batteries before the agency would grant
airworthiness certification for the new aircraft.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90J06I20130120