Dne ponedeljek, 14. april 2014 23:13:19 UTC+2 je oseba Andy K napisala:
On Monday, April 14, 2014 5:04:28 PM UTC-4, Mike the Strike wrote:

Well, that answers the question of how to fit the FES to a glider with a non-circular nose section, like the Discus and Ventus!







I wonder who the intended buyer is, though. Avid racers won't like the extra drag and those attracted to self-launchers won't have enough power. Are there enough folks like me who fly a fair amount of cross-country and who like the idea of a reliable sustainer?







Mike



This is a big prop. I wonder if they tried to self launch it. I bet the engine is powerful enough and it is all about battery capacity.

You are right, we made a bigger chord of the blade, in order to load motor more. We expect about 26kW of max power, which will be enough even for selflaunch. Battery compartment is designed in a way so that there will be a possibility to install bigger battery pack, which will allow range of 180km of level flight or altitude gain of 2000m!