A Real Electric Airplane -- Randall Fishman's Electraflyer-C Oshkosh 08

[keyboardprophet21]

These plane hit THERMALS really well by design. So less power smooth glide ratio. Now if so one can build a fission glider electric plane. Might be nuclear but the battery charge will last 30 years or more. Quiet. No fuel for explosion. More survivable crash.

[frostyuk2007]

Perhaps if he designed this plane a bit more like a glider his range could massively increase..... hmmm interesting.

[W0WG4ming]

Good comment tip: Learn to spell mic, you dikes..

[MotionStudiosHD]

@W0WG4ming Good comment tip: Learn to spell dykes you kyke..

[JarvisJesseT]

Plus, with no fuel/air mixture involved - no ceiling?

[JarvisJesseT]

Awesome. Put some batteries in the wings, and solar panels all over. Fly for hours for a dollar. I'd buy one.

[cprostudio]

why not grab the mike, more natural and relaxed - get over yourselves

[JoseJalapenoo]

Bugs me how he always has to grab the microphone.. Here, Grab this !!!!

[Archimedes555453525]

Normal airplanes make a lot of noise. At least this airplane is extremely quiet, even at low altitudes.

[pudd750]

sweet plane - i wonder if the vee control is mixed rudder elevator or straight elevator with aileron steering - this is not feasable because of adverse aileron yaw -correct?

[insAneTunA]

awesome plane though, I like it !!!

Greets to all, iT

[davidleealford]

Auto industry will help innovate the battery development. This is just the beginning, but big advances in battery and e-motors will happen.

[pudd750]

like when the big lipos start being available aftermarket - and 25 HP brushless motors available - id say those days are right around the corner for aviation - one big complaint of regular fliers is the outlay for avgas

[Geno4243]

Tell her its not an Engine...Its a Motor, Gasoline Engine...Electric Motor

[TurbineDogSevenFour]

Hi Amy!!!

[jusm11]

I am all for electric transportation, but don't exzpect me to find me in one of those flimsy things, (the wings bounced 1 foot just on the ground! looks like it will fall apart in mid flight

[gnomaedh]

Check out his website at electraflyer dt com... Very interesting stuff. If this is his first attempt at aircraft conversion, could you imagine what a custom designed aircraft would be like? Are we seeing a possible paradigm shift in vehicle propulsion? I believe so...

[randommagnum]

That mic grabbing maneuver is poor. That guy doesn't know how to be an interviewee. That's worse than talking into the camera when you aren't supposed to.

That said, that airplane is awesome.

[datzfast]

sending a short woman to interview a tall man is inappropriate. it makes for bad coverage.

[wtfbollos]

excellent.

[proverb311031]

One day he will learn to put some of the batteries in the wings, after all that is where the fuel went in the past. When the new batteries come out that are made up of plastic, the whole outer shell of the plane will be batteries!

[andgate2000]

My brothers is making an RV4, hes waiting for battery tech to get better before commiting to electric !!!

[sodia1]

hour an half thats much az the first fuel aircraft was desighned :O

[Elepski]

It's an electric MOTOR... not engine.

[wingyip]

haha this is just one giant RC plane.

[sodia1]

where i can buye one of those ?

[shaquo890]

lmao he keeps taking the mic

[cheezycam]

Yeah, jeeze. What a control freak. Very distracting. Maybe he should interview her.

[TORCHforAMERICA]

hey give me my mike back

[cdltpx]

Great for aerial pix of land developments you have the most expensive part licked fuel now add some cameras and get a way to swap the batteries so you can land to retrieve new ones and poof in the air again. Cops could use this to patrol traffic cams over city they fly an hour land swap batt and off again have the batt @ multi locations so wherever you land you can go again another hour. Hop across the nation on the network. Charge with wind/solar zero carbon.

[cdltpx]

Have electromagnetic exterior contacts where aerial refueling can be accomplished the electricity can be supplied by arieal planes that produce energy chemically. The planes that refuel could be manned or even drones.

[docrw]

Hey randy get your hands OFF the mike! Are you new?

[swbluto]

Interesting development. If a supercapacitor, or some equivalent energy storage technology of the specs that eestor is trying to develop, of eestor's claims develops, then I'm sure flight will become a far more viable means of personal transportation. Still the not the most efficient for short trips(<40 miles), but it'd be affordable enough to make those who give a damn over efficiency(which is a large part of the population given the SUV craze in the past) to make it relatively common-place.

[JustPlaneNuts]

Ultrocapacitor and Lithium Polymer technologies both show exciting potential to make electric vehicles viable, and I think range and horsepower will continue to increase while charging times decrease.

[vondeliusc]

Good video content. Tip: don't let your interviewee hold the mike..Hold it for them.

[freddytuber]

Less talk - more flying helps to spread the word. And glue some solar cells on the wings.

[swbluto]

Thin-film solar technology and "electric generating window"(See MIT's recent development) technology would probably make solar power powerful and light enough to possibly noticeably extend flight time without much weight penalty. But normal "solar cells" would probably hurt more than they help due to their weight and the typical "solar exposure area" of an aircraft.

[stevenpam]

Congratulations Randall, you are a true pioneer. I look forward to the time when electric aircraft are commonplace!

[oafeltrin]

Esse cara gosta de pegar no microfone, ta loco.

[Ldighera]

I look for electrically powered aircraft to rapidly evolve into a viable alternative means of inexpensively navigating the third dimension. Randall Fishman is the Marconi of electric flight; he is bringing the art to the lay public for practical application. Bravo!

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You have removed a weight from your back.

You have triumphed over the stickiness of the road.

You have triumphed over the law that forces man to crawl. -- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 1910