Wednesday
Apr202011
If You Speak German, You'll Love This Elektra One Video
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 08:14PM If you're like me and don't speak German... you'll still love this video since it gives some great visual insight into the sweet all-electric flying machine from PC-Aero in Germany. Not only do you see quite a bit of the first flight conducted back on March 19th (with the uber experienced former Scaled Composites engineer/program manager/test pilot Jon Karkow in the pilot's seat), but you see some of the load testing and other behind the scenes work done leading up to the first flight. I admit that I wish I spoke (or at least could understand) German so I could get an explanation of the 'snap' sound that was heard during load testing... tho obviously it wasn't something serious.
The bottom line is that the Elektra One is off to a great start in PC-Aero's quest to eventually fly a two place and even a four place all-electric aircraft. From this summer going forward, it's going to be very interesting watching a wide range of electric powered projects take to the skies from all over the world.
The PC-Aero Elektra One showing a real eagerness to climb on all electric power
Reader Comments (5)
Hallo, I`m german, I like the video and your blog very much and maybe I can answer your questions. The `snap` you hear during the load testing was a broken adhesive area of the wing. Don`t know if I use the right words. A glued part was broken, not the wing itself. Each wing has 30 kilo, load testing was 900 kilo on each wing. When they heard the snap, they were afraid to loose the work of two years, but nothing serious happened. The plane has 120 kilo, the engine has 4,65 kilo and 16 kilowatt. Operating costs should be 0,20 Euro per Kilometer, less than a car. Excuse my bad english and go on with your great blog,
Rüdiger
Rüdiger Popp- Thank you very much for helping out on the German translation! I could tell that it wasn't a big problem in the end, but the concern on Calin's face when it made the sound showed it was of great concern at first. They have a great airplane in the Elektra One and I look forward to seeing more of it in the future : )
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seerjfly- Me and babelfish figured out what you said... and I'm glad you did : )
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