| Sonex Aircraft - USA |
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The Sonex Aircraft, LLC E-Flight Initiative proof-of-concept electric-powered Waiex aircraft achieved its first flight today, December 3, 2010 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI. Piloted by Sonex Founder and E-Flight team leader John Monnett, N270DC made a short hop on runway 27, intended to be a conservative non-pattern flight to break ground-effect and analyze in-flight system performance as the next step in testing. This short flight punctuates four years of development by the E-Flight design team in engineering, building and testing one of the most advanced electric flight packages ever conceived.
“We are very proud of this achievement. The core design team of Pete Buck, Andrew Pearce, John Monnett, and myself would like to thank our staff, families, business partners, and friends in all of their help and understanding through this incredibly challenging project.” Said Jeremy Monnett, CEO and General Manager of Sonex Aircraft. “We have a flight envelope expansion plan and will be working on this in the coming weeks and months. We have also already started our motor v4.0 design and motor controller v12.0 to be integrated on N270DC. Many more great things to come on this project!” |
www.sonexaircraft.com |
| Tigon Enertec - USA |
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Tigon EnerTec is a propulsion system(s) integrator that designs modular, energy efficient, and eco-friendly propulsion systems to increase safety, performance, and reliability of operation. Tigon has focused on the product's "variable optimization", or the ability of the platform to adapt to a variety of applications of Concepts of Operations.
Tigon has designed and developed a proprietary gearing system for a hybrid propulsion system. Input may come from a combination of select combustion and/or electric motors, with the mechanical output to a single shaft. |
www.tigonenertec.com |
| PC-Aero - Germany |
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Elektra One: flying without CO2 emissions and using solar cells
The Elektra One is environmentally friendly, because it flies without CO2 emissions. It is light and has a high end aerodynamics. Integrated are modern technologies: batteries, electric motors, solar cells and lightest fiber composite structures. In this electric airplane the latest scientific "green" findings are integrated. |
www.pc-aero.de |
| Pipistrel - Slovenia |
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The Slovenian company's Taurus Electro can climb to 6,000 feet after taking off on a 30-kilowatt motor. Recharging the glider's lithium-polymer battery is meant to take about as long as powering a cell phone. Depending upon the weather and skills of the pilot, the glider can travel 1,000 miles in a day. |
www.pipistrel.si |
| Solar Flugzeuge - Germany |
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Eines der wohl interessantesten Teilgebiete der Fliegerei ist der Solarflug. Auf diesen Seiten habe ich Informationen über die bisherigen Entwicklungen im Solarflug zusammengetragen.
Bereits über dreißig Jahre ist es her, dass das erste solar getriebene Flugzeug, die unbemannte Sunrise I der Firma Astro Flight, vom Boden abhob. Ende der 70er Jahre begann dann das Zeitalter des bemannten Solarflugs mit dem Gossamer Penguin, basierend auf dem mit Muskelkraft angetriebenen Flugzeug Gossamer Albatross von Paul McCready. In den Achtziger Jahren erregten Solar Challenger (ebenfalls Paul McCready) und Solair I von Günther Rochelt internationales Aufsehen. Der Solar Challenger überquerte z.B. als erstes Solarflugzeug den Ärmelkanal, die Solair I stellte einen Dauerflugrekord von 5 Stunden und 41 Minuten auf. Erst Mitte der neunziger Jahre wurde die Solarfliegerei wieder aktuell. Mit der Icaré stellte die Universität Stuttgart das erste alltagstaugliche Solarflugzeug vor. Günther Rochelt begann seine Arbeiten an der Solair II. Die NASA (Dryden Flight Center) entwickelte mit Pathfinder ein kommerziell einsetzbares unbemanntes Forschungsflugzeug. Es dringt in Höhen bis 80.000 Fuß vor und kann für Umweltüberwachung, Nachrichtenübertragung, Höhenforschung etc. eingesetzt werden. Auch die Luftschifffahrt hat die Sonne entdeckt - das unbemannte Solar-Luftschiff Lotte hat seine Tauglichkeit schon auf vielen Testflügen bewiesen. Schwerpunkt dieser Seiten ist die solare Großfliegerei, bemannt und unbemannt. |
www.solarflugzeuge.de |
| Solar Impulse - Switzerland |
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At each major premiere, the adventurers of the last century pushed back the limits of the impossible. Today, human and technical enquiry must go on, with a view to improving the quality of life for humanity. By writing the next pages in the history of aviation with solar energy, as far as a flight around the world without fuel or pollution is concerned, Solar Impulse's ambition is to contribute in the world of exploration and innovation to the cause of renewable energies. To demonstrate the importance of the new technologies in sustainable development, and of course, once again, to place dream and emotion at the heart of scientific adventure. |
www.solarimpulse.com |
| Yuneec - UK |
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Yuneec is a young, progressive, forward thinking company developing state of the art products in the personal transport and leisure sectors, especially those utilizing environmentally friendly power systems such as electric motors and batteries.
Operating from its expansive new, hi-tech research and manufacturing facility just outside Shanghai, Yuneec will use its extensive knowledge in micro electronics, electic motor and charger production to maximize the performance and efficiency of its products in these new market sectors so as to make them commercially viable to a wide consumer audience.
With their previous extensive experience in airborne products, personal air vehicles will be a key focal point for Yuneec’s young and highly talented development engineers and already with E-PAC, Yuneec’s ‘electric’ paramotor system, Yuneec not only becomes the first company to create a viable ‘electric flight’ product which will be commercially available but will also the first company to mass produce an affordable, environmentally friendly, airborne electric personal transport system.
2009 will see the development of other hi-tech personal transport products such as the EP200 motor glider so keep watching the Yuneec News on the web site for further details and product releases. |
www.yuneec.co.uk |
| E Flight Expo - Germany |
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e-flight is important not only because of exploding fuel prices. We have to face but also because of a new public approach to and understanding of ecology and natural resources leaving a trace in the daily life of the pilots community.
e-flight-expo is the world’s first exhibition to deal with the development and the impact on todays and tomorrows aviation enhanced by the three “e”s. |
www.e-flight-expo.com |
| Electra Flyer - USA |
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Advantages of electric propulsion:
The near silent motor and large, low RPM propeller provide quiet flying enjoyment. No earplugs!
Improved neighbor relations. Possible extra flying sites due to quiet operation.
No handling of smelly gasoline and oil. No soot or dirt.
Sturdy electric motor. No engine maintenance; no disassembly to clean out carbon, no top overhauls, no carburetor adjustments, no expensive major overhauls.
Dependable, no hassle starting, just turn the power dial.
Instant, sure, restart for soaring applications.
Just plug your charger into any 110 outlet to “refuel” our machine. Approx. $0.60 for a full charge. Easily and quickly removable battery packs.
Choose the battery capacity you need.
Small, high discharge rate pack for self launch glider.
Medium pack for light weight; good duration and soarability.
Large pack for longest duration. One to two hours without lift depending on the efficiency of the wing you use.
No vibration. Electric motor with well balanced, slow turning propeller provides vibration free flight.
The closest thing to a magic carpet ride ever attained. Enjoy! |
www.electraflyer.com |
| Electravia - France |
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ELECTRAVIA's electric motorization GMPE 102 is implemented on :
- Airplane Electra (1rst electrical registrated aircraft in the world)
- Delta trike ElectroTrike (marketed)
- Motorglider ALATUS-ME (on tests - first flights in January 2009)
Two internal projects are in progress :
- single seater ultralight ElectroLight
- side by side two-seater airplane ElectroClub
ELECTRAVIA is also working in other sectors as electric motorization's specialist. |
www.electravia.com |
| Flight Design - USA |
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At the Aero show or salon in the picturesque lakeside resort of Friedrichshafen Germany, the world’s largest Light-Sport Aircraft Manufacturer, Flight Design GmbH will debut one of the first legitimate “green” projects for light aircraft powerplants. |
www.flightdesign.com |
| Lancair - USA |
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www.lancair.com |
| Lange Aviation - Germany |
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Lightweight environmentally friendly batteries with high performance, a brushless 42 kW external rotor electric motor, new power electronics and a large slowly rotating propeller were developed into one system and tailored especially for the Antares 20E into an optimized configuration. For the first time, a complete propulsion system has been developed exclusively for one motorglider.
The results are convincing: The Antares 20E combines a high climb rate (approx. 4.4 m/s / 866 ft/min during takeoff) with a very high attainable climb altitude (approximately 3000 m / 9850 ft in calm air) and very low noise emission. |
www.lange-aviation.com |
| Lisa Airplanes - France |
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Green aviation, a vision of the future
LISA Airplanes’ commitment to sustainable mobility demonstrates a step towards the future. Light aviation must be respectful of the environment while continuing to offer innovative technology and design |
www.lisa-airplanes.com |
| Alisport - Italy |
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Alisport Srl is comprised of three aviation divisions (sailplanes, STOL aircraft, and propellers/accessories) that operate in shared facilities. The synergies obtained from this organizational structure yield a broader technical expertise, improved manufacturing flexibility and equipment usage, reduced overhead costs, cross-trained personnel, market responsiveness, and a creative environment for R&D. Although Alisport's origins are in the Silent line of light sailplanes, sport and recreation aviation is the common foundation binding the three divisions.
Alisport Srl is based in Cremella (Lecco) located in northern Italy near Milan. Its production department is equipped with advanced manufacturing equipment, including multi-axis CNC mills, composite curing ovens, and environment-friendly paint booths. Alisport's staff includes experienced engineering personnel and technicians specialized in both light aircraft and sailplane aerodynamics, aerostructures, and manufacturing. |
www.alisport.com |
| Apame - France |
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This single-seater ultralight motorglider is manufactured by the Ukrainian company Aerola and distributed in France by Randkar (Frossay – Loire Atlantique). The electrical motorization E-Motors is developed by Electravia, and is already implemented on the plane "Electra" and on the delta trikes "ElectroTrike". The motor delivers 26 hp and is powered by a Lithium-Polymer battery.
Michel Sérane, Electravia's test pilot, has checked all flight configurations of the motorglider. Altitude gain is 2.100 m. Alatus flight endurance in calm weather is 1h07. This duration is the longest logged one on aircraft equipped with batteries at present.
The Alatus-M offers advantages of different aircraft: comfort and performances of glider, compactness of hangglider and ease of use of an ultralight. Electrical motor is reliable, clean, silent, economic and easy to maintain. Alatus with electrical motor becomes a 100% ecological motorglider for nature lover and environment-friendly's pilots.
Alatus-ME is also the cheapest motorglider on the market. It will be available end of spring, 2009, after complete validation of its test program. |
www.apame.eu |
| SilentFlight Desie - Germany |
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Welcome to SilentFlight and DESiE Meanwhile there is no doubt that you can fly more than ten minutes using electric powered aeroplanes, especially motorgliders or ultralights. The new generation of Li-Polymer batteries and its derivates are powerful enough even for the LSA class. We started our homebuilt »DESiE« in 1993. At that time my colleagues of the applied electrochemistry at the ICT (Fraunhofer Society) already developed a high power Li/LiCoO2 battery in their lab. So it was clear, that in near future the energy density of Li-Ion batteries could reach 200Wh/kg. Our airplane is uncompromisingly focussed on the efficient use of the provided energy storage. The tail-first configuration and the overall cleanness of the design give a forefeeling to what the glider may capable in flight. With a »little help from outside« the maiden flight will be possible in 2012 |
www.silentflight-desie.de |
| Aeronautic Innovation Rühle - Germany |
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Mit der Firma A-I-R - AERONAUTIC INNOVATION RÜHLE schafft Felix Rühle zusammen mit seinen Partnern ein bemerkenswertes Potenzial für Konzeption, Entwicklung und Serienproduktion von High-Tech-Fluggeräten. Das A-I-R-Team profitiert dabei unter anderem von know how und Erfahrung aus drei Jahrzehnten Hängegleiterkonstruktion und -produktion.
Im Label "DESIGNED BY A-I-R" sehen wir von Beginn an das Versprechen, nur beste Resultate in Qualität, Leistung und Innovation zu erzielen.
Konsequente Arbeit in Konzept, Konstruktion, Design, an kleinen wie an großen Bauteilen führen bei A-I-R dazu, dass die ATOS-Baureihe an der Spitze fliegt - das gilt für die Resultate bei internationalen Wettbewerben genauso wie für die Beliebtheit bei Genuss-Piloten. |
www.a-i-r.de |
| Air Energy - Germany |
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AIR ENERGY was established in 1992 and is dedicated to design, development and project engineering. The primary orientation is to realise new technical concepts and applications.
Our services range from designing work, realisation and start-up of prototypes, to the production of small series.
The main focus of our activities is on:
Lithium batteries and battery management systems
Ultralight aircraft
Pressure components for airships and balloons |
www.airenergy.de |
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