Do Electric Planes REALLY Work?! I tried one and here is what I think.

Hrmkay .. that could actually really be the very very first useful niche application for actual green electric aviation.

Mentor Now! Visits a flight school .. the Green Flight Academy in Skellefteå, Sweden, originally for professional reasons.

But he takes us along, for something very special - for now. ;)

Do Electric Planes REALLY Work?! I tried one and here is what I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqF55MjU9jc
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=VqF55MjU9jc

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For sure, while they actually use green energy for their main fuel, taking the wear and lifetime of batteries for this application in to account makes things a bit more complicated imho..

Heck, 500hrs of flight time per battery isn't _that_ much sadly.

But besides that. Not only does he seemingly loving to fly electric in the first place ... but i really can see how that setup - a flight school - really can work out in these conditions.

And in the long run ... the biggest problem of the still not yet really existing lithium battery recycling industry is the weird point that there aren't enough lithium cells to recycle in the first place.

They just keep on running for years on end. And the only source of recycling material is your freakin phone or tablet battery you replaced after .. what ... 5 years of usage finally? ;)

(The last one i replaced was built in 2014..... frickin' 9 years ;))
Do Electric Planes REALLY Work?! I tried one and here is what I think.