This version of the plane was developed 5 years ago. It uses batteries with about 160-180 Wh/kg with liquid cooling. Currently the best batteries on the market are around 350-400 Wh/kg. I would expext a new version of this plane in 2025 or even before with a update of flighttime to about 90-100 minutes and possibly a small load weight improvement of 10-20kg or so.
They already announced work on a 2.5 hour flight time battery with a 0.5 hour charge time, it's going through certification at the moment. I believe the current gen is a 1 hour flight time with a 1 hour charge time. I know these aren't the most useful numbers but you can look it up.
A battery with a SoH of 40% would have been retired long ago, please inform yourself about realistic SoH numbers! An electric vehicle warranty usually replaces the battery if it gets under 70% SoH, and that would be considered severe degradation already.
Electric planes will be the next really HUGE thing, for flighttraining already there, in a few years for short range passenger flights, we will see the same sharp rise in adoption figures as in EVs. As batteries are evolving from year to year with a 15% capacity gain this is a very good future for clean and less noisy planes. With todays cutting edge batteries (around 450 Wh/kg in high end serial production) ranges up to 500km will be possible.
In flight, most noise comes from the prop, not the engine, when it comes to a single engine GA aircraft. The battery tech is more about being green. Also they already have a 500km range version undergoing certification. Also, to quote Pipistrel: "We can see that the more blades a propeller has, the lower the noise emissions. But with fewer blades, propulsion becomes more efficient and the electric aircraft can fly for longer. In that sense, there is a trade-off between energy efficiency and noise."
This is basically a trainer airplane. No luggage. It is also weight restricted due to the batteries. Like 170-180 kg limit for max two people in the plane.
This version of the plane was developed 5 years ago. It uses batteries with about 160-180 Wh/kg with liquid cooling.
Currently the best batteries on the market are around 350-400 Wh/kg. I would expext a new version of this plane in 2025 or even before with a update of flighttime to about 90-100 minutes and possibly a small load weight improvement of 10-20kg or so.
They already announced work on a 2.5 hour flight time battery with a 0.5 hour charge time, it's going through certification at the moment. I believe the current gen is a 1 hour flight time with a 1 hour charge time. I know these aren't the most useful numbers but you can look it up.
A battery with a SoH of 40% would have been retired long ago, please inform yourself about realistic SoH numbers! An electric vehicle warranty usually replaces the battery if it gets under 70% SoH, and that would be considered severe degradation already.
Electric planes will be the next really HUGE thing, for flighttraining already there, in a few years for short range passenger flights, we will see the same sharp rise in adoption figures as in EVs. As batteries are evolving from year to year with a 15% capacity gain this is a very good future for clean and less noisy planes. With todays cutting edge batteries (around 450 Wh/kg in high end serial production) ranges up to 500km will be possible.
In flight, most noise comes from the prop, not the engine, when it comes to a single engine GA aircraft. The battery tech is more about being green. Also they already have a 500km range version undergoing certification. Also, to quote Pipistrel:
"We can see that the more blades a propeller has, the lower the noise emissions. But with fewer blades, propulsion becomes more efficient and the electric aircraft can fly for longer. In that sense, there is a trade-off between energy efficiency and noise."
Is there room for luggage?
This is basically a trainer airplane. No luggage. It is also weight restricted due to the batteries. Like 170-180 kg limit for max two people in the plane.