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$1 billion BMS Ooops...
I don't take anything on RAS personally any more. I was genuinely
interested in the "why" aspect of the conversion. Dan 5J On 3/9/21 12:25 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote: Dan Marotta wrote on 3/9/2021 7:42 AM: I just gotta ask, "Why"? What is the cost of the conversion?* Is the engine failed and not repairable? Are there a lot of brownie points for "saving the planet"? If I wanted to, my gas powered Stemme could reach just about anywhere in the western states on a single tank of gas.* The electric offerings from Stemme have great range at the expense of carrying a gas-powered generator along to make the electric power to run the motor.* Where's the advantage? Dan Don't take it personally :^) Kenn is converting an AC-5 Russia, a WAY DIFFERENT glider than the Stemme! It has a rattlely, unreliable motor of modest power, but I'll let Kenn fill in the details of his decision. On 3/8/21 8:51 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote: 2G wrote on 3/8/2021 5:19 PM: On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 5:15:13 PM UTC-8, 2G wrote: On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 5:25:41 AM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote: 2G wrote on 3/7/2021 9:06 PM: On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 8:52:23 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote: ... Also, Hank concluded with this piece of advice: "To my knowledge this has been done once so far in the US . If you want an electric sailplane- buy one." Sounds prudent to me. Some people like the challenge, much as glider pilots do in their flying (or they'd get an airplane): Ken Sebesta, a participant here, has removed the self-launching gas motor from his AC-5 Russia and is replacing it with an electric motor. I believe he's bench-tested the motor, ESC, and batteries, and is now working out the motor mounting details. |
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