Airplanes on electric motors - the reality of today

Recently they wrote about a single-seat plane on an electric motor from NASA , which, according to the statement of this authoritative organization, will become available only in 5-7 years. But progress is moving much faster: the plane on the electric motor is already a reality, and not on paper, even if it is electronic. Meet - Yuneec e430! This airplane has two seats, plus several additional advantages compared with the concept from NASA. Of course, the main advantage of this aircraft is its reality. In the continuation - photo and video (aha, it is video) Yuneec e430 .



So, if more, then the company Yuneec really already produced a functioning "electric aircraft", the engine of which is able to work 1.5-3 hours from a single battery charge (just like a mobile phone). But the real time spent in the air is much longer, because the plane is quite light, and is able to plan with the engine off.
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The developers will release the model on sale next year, at an initial price of $ 89,000 (not so much for the aircraft). I think that after this NASA will have to forget about its own project of a single-seat plane on an electric motor.

That would have come up with aircraft docking stations that could replenish the charge of the battery of such planes right in the air, and in general everything would be great.