"Electric EEL is an adapted six-seat Cessna. There is a conventional combustion engine in the back of the plane that drives the rear propeller.
"... [a] compartment under the cabin holds six batteries - originally built for motorcycles - that power the front propeller. "The replacement of one conventional engine with the batteries makes the plane lighter - hence the steeper climb - but also, the makers argue, quieter, cheaper, greener." Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/24/decarbonising-aviation- the-electric-eel-could-be-the-future-of-flying or https://v.gd/6GqNDa David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Listen to the mustn'ts, child; listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. -- Shel Silverstein = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
