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On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote:
https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discus amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. |
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On 2/24/2021 4:51 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote: https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discuss amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. You're absolutely right Darryl! After all, how hard could it be??? |
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On 2/24/21 4:13 PM, Dave Nadler wrote:
On 2/24/2021 4:51 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote: https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discuss amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. You're absolutely right Darryl! After all, how hard could it be??? Simple and ultra reliable. You gonna be dragging your old faithful Antares down to the Seniors this year? |
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On 2/24/2021 8:55 PM, kinsell wrote:
On 2/24/21 4:13 PM, Dave Nadler wrote: On 2/24/2021 4:51 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote: https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discuss amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. You're absolutely right Darryl! After all, how hard could it be??? Simple and ultra reliable.Â* You gonna be dragging your old faithful Antares down to the Seniors this year? After it failed during the last two comps I took it to? Drive for days, fly a few times, then drive for days home after it breaks? I don't think so... Anyway, no vaccination yet so no travel in any case. |
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Dave Nadler wrote on 2/24/2021 6:08 PM:
On 2/24/2021 8:55 PM, kinsell wrote: On 2/24/21 4:13 PM, Dave Nadler wrote: On 2/24/2021 4:51 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote: https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discuss amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. You're absolutely right Darryl! After all, how hard could it be??? Simple and ultra reliable.* You gonna be dragging your old faithful Antares down to the Seniors this year? After it failed during the last two comps I took it to? Drive for days, fly a few times, then drive for days home after it breaks? I don't think so... Anyway, no vaccination yet so no travel in any case. The Antares was a bold effort, perhaps too bold, and by now, it's an old effort. No point in holding it up as an example anymore. Now, all the manufacturers have electric gliders, and Solo has added electric systems to their sailplane power business. Electric isn't the coming thing any mo it's here. The next milestone will be passed when they start selling more electrics than ICEs. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1 |
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On 2/24/21 9:22 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Dave Nadler wrote on 2/24/2021 6:08 PM: On 2/24/2021 8:55 PM, kinsell wrote: On 2/24/21 4:13 PM, Dave Nadler wrote: On 2/24/2021 4:51 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote: https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discuss amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. You're absolutely right Darryl! After all, how hard could it be??? Simple and ultra reliable.Â* You gonna be dragging your old faithful Antares down to the Seniors this year? After it failed during the last two comps I took it to? Drive for days, fly a few times, then drive for days home after it breaks? I don't think so... Anyway, no vaccination yet so no travel in any case. The Antares was a bold effort, perhaps too bold, and by now, it's an old effort. No point in holding it up as an example anymore. Now, all the manufacturers have electric gliders, and Solo has added electric systems to their sailplane power business. Electric isn't the coming thing any mo it's here. The next milestone will be passed when they start selling more electrics than ICEs. I see another Silent 2 just popped up on the market, that makes four plus one recently sold. Garret suggests you might want to aerotow or winch launch to conserve battery power. When I see these things with a dozen hours on them up for sale, it suggests that the owners aren't that thrilled with what they got for their money. |
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On 2/25/2021 9:49 AM, kinsell wrote:
I see another Silent 2 just popped up on the market, that makes four plus one recently sold.Â* Garret suggests you might want to aerotow or winch launch to conserve battery power.Â* When I see these things with a dozen hours on them up for sale, it suggests that the owners aren't that thrilled with what they got for their money. The Silent 2 is an interesting bird. I've got friends that love it, and others that have sold it on. Some owners have had to replace battery packs, newer packs are reported OK - but this is 2nd or 3rd hand info. More importantly, its got very limited energy, so if you self-launch, not much in the tank to get home. Because of its limited performance, you can't just skip over gaps that higher performance machines take for granted, and a bit of headwind is a big obstacle. So, if it can do what you need with your weather and site constraints, great! But work through carefully whether it meets your needs. FWIW... Best Regards, Dave |
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On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 4:42:01 PM UTC-5, wrote:
https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discus amongst yourselves... The market wants: Fast charge for convenience Safety Long life for low cost of ownership It is possible to get the send two if one compromises on the first. Can't have all. Balancing packs requires time. Unbalanced packs fail or die sooner. Reality UH |
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kinsell wrote on 2/25/2021 6:49 AM:
On 2/24/21 9:22 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote: Dave Nadler wrote on 2/24/2021 6:08 PM: On 2/24/2021 8:55 PM, kinsell wrote: On 2/24/21 4:13 PM, Dave Nadler wrote: On 2/24/2021 4:51 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, wrote: https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hy...ll-82000-bevs/ Discuss amongst yourselves... Dave, it's time for you to stop complaining and just admit electric is simple. You're absolutely right Darryl! After all, how hard could it be??? Simple and ultra reliable.* You gonna be dragging your old faithful Antares down to the Seniors this year? After it failed during the last two comps I took it to? Drive for days, fly a few times, then drive for days home after it breaks? I don't think so... Anyway, no vaccination yet so no travel in any case. The Antares was a bold effort, perhaps too bold, and by now, it's an old effort. No point in holding it up as an example anymore. Now, all the manufacturers have electric gliders, and Solo has added electric systems to their sailplane power business. Electric isn't the coming thing any mo it's here. The next milestone will be passed when they start selling more electrics than ICEs. I see another Silent 2 just popped up on the market, that makes four plus one recently sold. Garret suggests you might want to aerotow or winch launch to conserve battery power.* When I see these things with a dozen hours on them up for sale, it suggests that the owners aren't that thrilled with what they got for their money. It would be instructive to discuss the reasons with the people selling the Silents. My only contact with one is Jeff Banks' Silent. We flew together for a week out of Richfield, UT, last year. He likes it, self-launched every flight, and had good flights. He also flew out of Heber, Nephi and Dick Stout airfields in 2020. You can check the OLC for his flights in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Also, 2021 - first flight of the year at Seminole. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1 |
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