Battery Vehicle Society

This is the discussion for the news story entitled Another Electric powered Aircraft takes to the sky at on the main BVS website.

The excerpt is as follows:

"<img>Sonex and partner AeroConversions have produced an electric-powered sport plane.

The prototype shown here is part of its E-Flight Initiative, and that the lightweight craft took flight using proprietary electric engine technology powered by ten "safe boxes," which"

Here's another new one. Pity it can't take passengers

Here's another solar powered project, this one could carry a human passenger

Floydster

The first one , The Zephyr, looks like a black umbrella with a balloon underneath it.

Isn't Zephyr a wind in one part of the world??? (Off topic of course!)

Yes it is but I can't remember what part of the world. Quite a few cars have names taken from a wind e.g the Scirocco is also a wind

Here's hoping this is the start of things to come. If unmanned solar aircraft can do routine deliveries and office workers can all work from home then think of the nice empty roads for all us petrol heads (did I just say that )

Floydster