Simviation Forum - electric motor?

Mar 8^th, 2010 at 11:31am

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Can a person use an electric motor from a golf cart, car, or motorcycle to power an airplane? I think its possible, but wouldn't know what brand of motor to get. Just trying some old fashion barnstorming.

I'm a wood and fabric kind of guy.

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Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 11:43am

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OldReliable wrote on Mar 8^th, 2010 at 11:31am:

Can a person use an electric motor from a golf cart, car, or motorcycle to power an airplane? I think its possible, but wouldn't know what brand of motor to get. Just trying some old fashion barnstorming.

Battery weight would be the issue.

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Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 11:57am

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Definitely, the weight of Batteries necessary to power the electric motor!.... Shocked

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The same problem has always occurred in the past, in electric driven Motor Vehicles.

Too much weight!....too little distance!... Cry

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...not to mention the enormous cost of the Batteries!

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Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 12:18pm

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I'm not sure about an airplane... but what about one of those powered glider things... those are pretty light as is, and all you need is the motor to get up there really... but I have no idea, I've never flown an actual powered glider, or a glider, I could be wrong, haha

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Reply #4 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 12:28pm

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You guys are thinking about this wrong.

Battery weight is not an issue.

All you need is a really long extension cord.

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Reply #5 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 1:10pm

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JoBee wrote on Mar 8^th, 2010 at 12:28pm:

You guys are thinking about this wrong.

Battery weight is not an issue.

All you need is a really long extension cord.

cheers,
Joe

A 52,000 foot cord should suffice. Shocked

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Reply #6 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 1:33pm

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ApplePie wrote on Mar 8^th, 2010 at 1:10pm:

JoBee wrote on Mar 8^th, 2010 at 12:28pm:

You guys are thinking about this wrong.

Battery weight is not an issue.

All you need is a really long extension cord.

cheers,
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A 52,000 foot cord should suffice. Shocked

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Reply #7 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 3:25pm

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There are actually a few different companies attempting to market a fully electric aircraft. Granted they are using golf cart motors. I'll have to find the article I was reading about one.

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Reply #8 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 8:35pm

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Good evening all...

Just a thought but if submarines could operate on battery power for a good lenght of time then why not large aircraft?

There are many devices which could also charge the batteries while in the air such as a R.A.T. "Ram Air Turbine".
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/electronics/q0044c.shtml

I don't think electric motors or battery power should be ruled out just yet.

However there are other modes which could be used to take us away from fossil fuels unfortunately there has been Industrial Commercial and Government cover up on those.

It is like this question:
We have more oil in this country than the entire middle east and we are capping wells all the time, so why are we importing oil and paying the big price at the pumps?
Turn the tables on the middle east and whatever their barrel of oil price is that will be what it is going to cost for the grain to make a loaf of bread. Wink

I do not think it is unreasonable to say that in the near future we will see large airships, blimps if you like replacing cargo ships at sea. These could easily be operated on battery or electric power.

One Hundred (100) Years of aviation on this planet and it is still in it's infancy. Wink

Question:
" Can a person use an electric motor from a golf cart, car, or motorcycle to power an airplane? I think its possible, but wouldn't know what brand of motor to get. Just trying some old fashion barnstorming".

OldReliable I don't think I gave you the answer you were looking for but there is new technology every day and if it is not invented yet it probably will be.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #9 - Mar 8^th, 2010 at 10:34pm

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In response to the submarine comment, do you know what the batteries on an old diesel sub weighed, nearly as much as the sub itself. Fortunately the newer nuke boats can operate submerged off of the reactor.

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Reply #10 - Mar 9^th, 2010 at 1:48am

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http://yuneeccouk.site.securepod.com/Aircraft.html

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Reply #11 - Mar 9^th, 2010 at 6:49am

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...when it come to "Environmentally Friendly" Power Sources, eg Electricity, it must be remembered the Environmental cost of generating the Electricity in various ways, in the first place!...

Charging a Battery doesn't come free!

Even after 100+ years, the internal combustion, reciprocating engine is far from dead... Kiss

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Reply #12 - Mar 9^th, 2010 at 7:42am

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Splinter562 wrote on Mar 9^th, 2010 at 1:48am:

http://yuneeccouk.site.securepod.com/Aircraft.html

Yeah, thats the one I was reading about.

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Reply #13 - Mar 9^th, 2010 at 10:09am

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The problem with trying to use a R.A.T. to get more juice while in the air is that, while you get juice, it creates more drag.

So more drag, just to get more thrust, but with some loss in between, it is a negative gain.

Battery technology is still the boat anchor to so many modes of transporation, except boats, where you can have lots of surface area to float them.

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Reply #14 - Mar 9^th, 2010 at 3:09pm

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The best solution to power alternative is having something require little to no power. About the only thing out there is solar energy. With companies like Yuneec making these electric aircraft; do you think they would offer to sell just the powerplant seperate from the airplane?

I'm a wood and fabric kind of guy.

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