Front mounting electric motors seem to be increasingly feasible, some companies are already selling them.
http://www.front-electric-sustainer.com/ Their motor goes up to 25kW for use only as a sustainer (1.6m/s), so perhaps a more powerful motor is needed for self launching... ~Matthew Scutter~ On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Mike Borgelt < mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> wrote: > > Anybody want to do an electric self launcher? > > http://yuneeccouk.site.securepod.com/PowerMotor_Tech_spec.html > > Off the shelf motor, controller and battery tech. > > A 20 Kw motor with controller and 4Kw-hour battery pack along with suitable > prop should be around 37 Kg mass. > Say under 40Kg installed. > > I'm enquiring about price. Will report. > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since > 1978 > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > > email: mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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