Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, prepares to fly

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Last edited Tue Feb 1, 2022, 06:08 AM - Edit history (1)

The Alice, a plane developed by Israeli company Eviation, went through engine testing last week at Arlington Municipal Airport north of Seattle.

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Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, prepares to fly
The Alice, a plane developed by Israeli company Eviation, went through engine testing last week at Arlington Municipal Airport north of Seattle.

[Drum]

1. Nice looking, and probably quiet?

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. Well, quieter than a gas power plane

The prop still makes a lot of noise.

[thatdemguy]

3. While it would be cool.

The person who wrote the article is pretty bad at math. Also I think where electric air planes would be awesome is recreational flyers who typically dont fly for more than an hour or two. Esp sense they use leaded fuel it would be great.

Back to the article. "Alice will be able to fly for one hour, and about 440 nautical miles. The plane has a max cruise speed of 250 kts, or 287 miles per hour." The math actually works out to--Flying for 1 hour at a max of 250 knots or 287 miles an hour gives it a range of 287 miles. Which is 248 nautical miles.