EV Pioneer Plans to Recreate Lindbergh’s Flight in Electric Airplane

[chef]

Any guesses who the pioneer might be? ..... Chip Yates! The most interesting part of his plan, aside from crossing the Atlantic, is using UAVs as replacement battery packs.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/05/electric-motorcycle-pioneer-plans-to-recreate-lindberghs-flight-with-electric-airplane/

[DaveAK]

Great press as always. And as always, good luck to him. Certainly a novel refueling approach.

[ETcelerate]

Maybe he can get "Better Place" (http://www.betterplace.com/) as a sponsor. In flight pits sounds incredibly challenging. Reminds me of this vid...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08EKCtoQ6E

Do the Motoczysz race bikes still have hot-swappable batteries?

[chef]

Maybe he can get "Better Place" (http://www.betterplace.com/) as a sponsor. In flight pits sounds incredibly challenging. Reminds me of this vid...
Wow! :O

[billmi]

Interesting airplane design. I wonder where they'll put the pizza box and regen system.

[billmi]

Oh, there's the KERS:
http://www.flightofthecentury.com/kinetic-energy-recovery-in-a-descending-electric-airplane/

[dice23]

lmao...EV pioneer? anyway...more power to him! god knows lightning motors beat with the bike...lol. bet his wife has a large insurance policy? chip..you need to stop racing them damn electric bikes and get an electric plane and fly around the world? she said? i'm thinking i would really like to meet him...seems crazy as me...lol?

[DaveAK]

Oh, there's the KERS:
http://www.flightofthecentury.com/kinetic-energy-recovery-in-a-descending-electric-airplane/
And I thought you were joking. Should've known better.

[Warren]

Dead stick landings are about as much fun as tank slappers. His recycled bike battery pack pucked, and put smoke in the ****pit! Pretty hysterical software censorship here eh?

http://www.youtube.com/user/ChipYates

http://www.airventure.org/news/2012/120725_new-pilot-brings-worlds-fastest-electric-aircraft-to-OSH.html

[Warren]

Chip is still at it.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/chip-yates/all/

Tops Musk's SuperCharger and battery swap. :-)

[billmi]

Not everyone is convinced that Yates is anything but a hot-rodder in an airplane

And what's so bad about that? Clearly, he's had a lot of fun with electric motorcycles, and is doing the same with his plane. More power to him.

[Skeezmour]

It's fun since I talk with Chip every month or so and always enjoy hearing what his latest wall to shatter is. GO CHIP!

[Warren]

No dead stick landing this time...almost boring...if you call flying an electric airplane boring. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_2RgkVzcTk&feature=c4-overview&list=UU3Eu-5rGeEJisIpligYHRlQ

[Warren]

He has got these dead stick landings down! Cool as ice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKE1yEyuNkk

[Warren]

Time-to-climb record...kind of like a wheelie.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/10/yates-world-records/