View Full Version : EV Pioneer Plans to Recreate Lindbergh’s Flight in Electric Airplane
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/
Great press as always. And as always, good luck to him. Certainly a novel refueling approach.
ETcelerate
24 May 2012, 1214
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?
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
Interesting airplane design. I wonder where they'll put the pizza box and regen system.
Oh, there's the KERS:
http://www.flightofthecentury.com/kinetic-energy-recovery-in-a-descending-electric-airplane/
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?
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.
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
Chip is still at it.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/chip-yates/all/
Tops Musk's SuperCharger and battery swap. :-)
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
27 June 2013, 2251
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!
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
02 September 2013, 1324
He has got these dead stick landings down! Cool as ice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKE1yEyuNkk
Warren
15 October 2013, 0720
Time-to-climb record...kind of like a wheelie.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/10/yates-world-records/
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