No technical data at all in the video for this battery-powered aircraft.
Re: Eviation Alice maiden flight was today
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:04 pm
by Oliver90owner
From Wiki:
Specifications (intended)[edit]
Data from Eviation[31]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Capacity: 9 passengers
Length: 17.09 m (56 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Height: 3.84 m (12 ft 7 in)
Max takeoff weight: 7,484 kg (16,500 lb)
Commuter Payload: 1,100 kg (2,400 lb)
Cargo Payload: 1,100 kg (2,500 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × magniX 650 Electrical Power Unit , 640 kW (860 hp) each
Performance
Cruise speed: 407 km/h (253 mph, 220 kn)
Range: 815 km (506 mi, 440 nmi)
Endurance: 2.8h at MTOW[32]
Service ceiling: 9,800 m (32,200 ft)
Typical Cruise Altitude: 3,000 m (10,000 ft)
Take-off Field Length: 790 m (2,600 ft)
Landing Distance: 730 m (2,400 ft)
Balanced Field Takeoff (Dry, ISA, Sea Level): 1,100 m (3,500 ft)
Re: Eviation Alice maiden flight was today
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:10 pm
by Adokforme
Maybe we will be flying again one day!
Re: Eviation Alice maiden flight was today
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:24 pm
by nowty
Adokforme wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:10 pm
Maybe we will be flying again one day!
Only high end, luxury domestic travel I'm afraid.
9 passengers a max of circa 500 miles (probably only practically 400) at 253 mph.
Not going to get a 100+ people to even Malaga or the Canaries, not much more than London to Paris or Brussels and then you might as well go on the train.
Re: Eviation Alice maiden flight was today
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:16 pm
by Oliver90owner
There is a u-toob on this:
The lilium electric vtol also took to the air recently. Interesting concept.