Yuneec Chinese Electric Airplane Info & First Flight

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Glenn Pew reports on the Yuneec E430 Chinese Electric Airplane 54 hp two seat aircraft currently undergoing first flight and flight tests, summer 2009. Yuneec joins Randall Fishman's ElectraFlyer-C in taking the first steps toward practical electric flight on the eve of the unveiling of Solar Impulse -- an enormous aircraft that seeks to fulfill the enormous goal of 24-hour sustained solar powered flight.

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[alanfro55]

Why so hateful buddy?

Rotten idiots? You are the one that can't spell China correctly...

[freddytuber]

Great, made in Chine because we dumb Americans just can't do it our selfs any more. Why am I not surprised? Damn rednecks and Texans rather blame everything on the Mexicans, or the blacks, or Obama. Rotten idiots.

[StateOfTheArts]

i want one, how much ?

[bikelambo123]

Cool airplane

[CRJflyer]

@fairyheli2 not necessarily, chargers have been developed so you can keep your airplane powered without relying on the grid.

[fairyheli2]

like a giant rc plane... with all these new electric vehicles being used, will the power grid have to be upgraded to deal with all the extra load?

[AryanKnight]

-I've just developed a sleek-lined 2-place mid-wing electric-powered amphibian aircraft, which is most remarkable in that it eliminates weight and considerable cost of any hi-tech battery, yet which has nevertheless flown non-stop at low-altitude for several hours around the airport here. Unfortunately, i was getting a little dizzy after a while at this, and had to make an emergency landing when i strayed a bit to far afield, -causing the long electric-cord's plug to suddenly be yanked-out..!!!

[Nomoreidsleft]

@freddytuber Don't just around complaining about it. The spend less time on youtube, and spend more time doning something useful. Also, if you heard the narrator, another American is also building an electric airplane. Don't just sit around with envy, participate in life!

[flexairz]

@dporrata Because liquid fuel has the highest energy density per weight.

[dporrata]

Why is electric taking so Long!

[PLISKEN12]

5 DOLLAR PER CHARGE 2 HRS FLIGHT !

[drmodestoesq]

Alright, I'll leave you Americans too discus you political economy amongst yourselves. Now...back on topic. How about a huge freight carrying aircraft with a giant wing area. So it's slow but energy efficient. The plane has relatively light battery to get up up to cruising altitude above cloud cover. Then (flying only in the daylight of course) the wings are covered with large solar panels. So its cost to do the Atlantic run or pacific run would be small.