Reiner Stemme's new electric glider.

On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 4:56:52 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
Seriously. Will Tesla brand Li-Ion batteries ever find their way into aircraft propulsion?

Tesla battery packs are currently made up from standard Panasonic 18650 li-ion cells with off-the-shelf charger/protection circuits, the same as in many laptop batteries. Not magic unobtanium, just buying in bulk.

On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 8:27:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 4:56:52 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
Seriously. Will Tesla brand Li-Ion batteries ever find their way into aircraft propulsion?

Tesla battery packs are currently made up from standard Panasonic 18650 li-ion cells with off-the-shelf charger/protection circuits, the same as in many laptop batteries. Not magic unobtanium, just buying in bulk.

Tesla's NV battery factory projects reducing battery costs by 30%.

On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 5:32:30 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 8:27:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 4:56:52 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
Seriously. Will Tesla brand Li-Ion batteries ever find their way into aircraft propulsion?

Tesla battery packs are currently made up from standard Panasonic 18650 li-ion cells with off-the-shelf charger/protection circuits, the same as in many laptop batteries. Not magic unobtanium, just buying in bulk.

Tesla's NV battery factory projects reducing battery costs by 30%.

So they say, still sounds like they're just going to produce 18650 cells via much automation. If it works, it will eventually drive down the price of all such cells.

On Friday, 22 April 2016 00:49:58 UTC+3, Glidingstuff wrote:
Does anybody have recent figures for best-of-breed Li-ion or similar
batteries?

From what I gather from the translation is the pod is a self contained generator powered by a small gas engine. Complete with fuel tank. It plugs into the glider system and is used to provide a constant charge to keep the main batteries topped up.


Yes, it is engine driven generator. (Nobody in this forum can read german, really?)

On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 23:54:03 -0700, krasw wrote:

Yes, it is engine driven generator. (Nobody in this forum can read
german, really?)

Speaking for myself: one year of high school German mumble mumble decades
ago, a subscription to Vol Libre, while it existed, and 1-2 week visits
to Germany or Austria may do for getting food, beer and some place to
sleep but don't really cut it for technical stuff or staying current in a
language.


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