Battery Powered Aircraft

[pitdiver]

My wife and were in Orkney recently. Whilst there we were hearing about a battery powered aircraft thats being tested for possible use on Inter Island services. Apparently the craft they were testing has so many batteries that there is room for one person, the pilot.
Somehow I don't think that's going to be much use.

 

[Ediswan]

My wife and were in Orkney recently. Whilst there we were hearing about a battery powered aircraft thats being tested for possible use on Inter Island services. Apparently the craft they were testing has so many batteries that there is room for one person, the pilot.
Somehow I don't think that's going to be much use.

Possibly conflation of two different aircraft.

I have seen reports of a hybrid being tested: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56844531 The choice of photo there is poor. There is a second petrol/piston engine and propellor at the back. It is a converted Cessna 337. Unlike most twins, they handle relatively normally on a single engine. (The military version appears in the film Bat*21.)

There is a different electric aircraft in the news which is going for a speed record. That is a single seater.

 

[pitdiver]

Possibly conflation of two different aircraft.

I have seen reports of a hybrid being tested: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56844531 The choice of photo there is poor. There is a second petrol/piston engine and propellor at the back. It is a converted Cessna 337. Unlike most twins, they handle relatively normally on a single engine. (The military version appears in the film Bat*21.)

There is a different electric aircraft in the news which is going for a speed record. That is a single seater.

Yes I believe that is the one that was being discussed. I don't think I would happy flying in it.
Obviously a lot of work to do before it " takes off"