Electric Motorglider Flies

ELECTRAFLYER FLIES TRIKE, MOTORGLIDER ON BATTERY POWER
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#197632)
For the sport flyer who enjoys local fun flights and $100
hamburgers, Electraflyer's new battery-powered airplane may be
just right -- and with no fuel to burn, it can cut the cost of
that hamburger down to about 60 cents. That's how much it costs
to fully charge the lithium-polymer battery pack, says Randall
Fishman, president of the Electraflyer Corp.
(http://www.electraflyer.com/) The electric engine is mounted on
an old Monnet motorglider that Fishman built from a kit, and the
aircraft just this week earned its experimental airworthiness
certificate....


Watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_GCAy40RiE


Other electric aircraft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Pb_psj1A8
Sonex Electric Powered Flight, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007
John Monnett



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcWSI03NKo0
Eric Raymond with his Sunseeker electric powered self launching
sailplane discusses the engineering aspects of electric aircraft.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL18Oh_qSRM
Boeing's hydrogen fuel cell powered Dimona (a.k.a. Katana)
motor-glider is the first to fly in aviation history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzeCQblYHic