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Postby wifesaysno » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:24 pm

Since electric aircraft are fast becoming a reality (look up the Pipestrel G4 and the NASA/CAFE/Google Green Flight Challenge), I think MS Flight should have some support for either a default electric bird or enough support for an add-on one.
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Re: electric aircraft

Postby littlebenny » Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:52 am

I really like that idea!
just a pair of long wings and some rising air.
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Re: electric aircraft

Postby BrandonF » Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:31 pm

[quote]I really like that idea!
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Re: electric aircraft

Postby F35LightningII » Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:53 pm

It could be many months before the final product of "Flight" is released. I say they easily have enough time to design more planes.
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Re: electric aircraft

Postby garryrussell » Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:07 pm

No, they can't start adding new engines at this stage.

They have to close it off and then extensively test

Adding anything new will only delay things, can't keep shifting the goalposts.
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Re: electric aircraft

Postby wifesaysno » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:49 am

No, they can't start adding new engines at this stage.

They have to close it off and then extensively test

Adding anything new will only delay things, can't keep shifting the goalposts.


Very true. Well maybe in the following sim? Grant it, electric powered aircraft are no where near anything like "common", they are all pretty much experimentals so we are a few years from a production one. So I guess it would make more sense to implement them in the the following sim after Flight (hopefully by then there will be some at our local airports).
Still, I keep reading about these birds in the EAA Sport Aviation magazine and they sound like a lot of fun. little vibration, FULL throttle (as in 0% throttle prop stops turning!), very small engine instrument panels, no worries on mixture or carb heat, very fast rev up, and eerily quiet operation. Although the last one has mixed feelings for me, love the sound of a piston  8-)
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