Ventus 2cxa with FES

Dne torek, 15. april 2014 02:26:24 UTC+2 je oseba Wolf Aviator napisala:
At 00:10 15 April 2014, Steve Koerner wrote:

From a competition pilot point of view there would have to be a

small drag

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penalty and a weight penalty. But both of those would seem

to be pretty

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all in comparison to the competitive benefit that arises from the

ability

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o stick to the course line and never have to be distracted by

the need to

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eviate towards a landing option. I don't have experience to

know, but I'm

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suspecting that the reliability of the FES might be sufficient

that one

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ld drive it straight into the boonies then flip the switch only at

the

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minute -- wouldn't that be exciting? You certainly can't do

that with a

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as engine.





But if you are 100km away from your airfield, especially if you

used your battery for take off, there will be little or no use of

FES.

I like the idea, but sorry, with current Li-ion batteries with max

150Wh/kg, this is not very promising technology. I am waiting for

Li-S, or Li-Air cells, then we can talk seriously about FES.

Regards

Wolf

http://youtu.be/WCej1kZInZk

As mentined above already at Ventus we have enough margin of max weight of non lifting parts, so that we were able to integrate bigger battery compartment box, so that we can fit inside bigger battery packs (50kg instead of standard 32kg). Range of 180km of level flight or 2000m altitude gain is more than sufficient!

Regards,

Luka

Luka, can it be installed on a Schleicher, in particular ASW27?

Ramy

Dne torek, 15. april 2014 19:18:18 UTC+2 je oseba Ramy napisala:
Luka, can it be installed on a Schleicher, in particular ASW27?



Ramy

From techical point of view, I am sure we could find a solution. However in Europe under EASA is currently not possible, if there is no support from holder of Type Certificate. For USA under experimental might be possible, but we need a glider in our workshop for retrofit.

Regards,

Luka

On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:04:43 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Dne torek, 15. april 2014 19:18:18 UTC+2 je oseba Ramy napisala:

Luka, can it be installed on a Schleicher, in particular ASW27?







Ramy



From techical point of view, I am sure we could find a solution. However in Europe under EASA is currently not possible, if there is no support from holder of Type Certificate. For USA under experimental might be possible, but we need a glider in our workshop for retrofit.



Regards,



Luka

If you ever happen to get a Ventus B in your shop and install one of these in it, it would open up a whole new world to many folks with older gliders! Especially if the conversion could then be done by qualified repair shops around the world (including U.S.A.). If that could ever be a possibility, I wonder what the cost might be. This thread certainly has opened up ideas that so far have been mostly in dreams for many pilots.

Bob