Simviation Forum - electric aircraft

Dec 29^th, 2011 at 7:24pm

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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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Reply #1 - Dec 30^th, 2011 at 5:52am

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I really like that idea! Wink

But I think it's a bit late for asking for a new type of engine.
They are ( I think) almost done with the airplanes of ms flight ( as you can see on their photos on the website).

you never know, maybe they already implemented it in the simulator. Wink

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just a pair of long wings and some rising air.

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Reply #2 - Dec 30^th, 2011 at 1:31pm

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littlebenny wrote on Dec 30^th, 2011 at 5:52am:

I really like that idea! Wink

But I think it's a bit late for asking for a new type of engine.
They are ( I think) almost done with the airplanes of ms flight ( as you can see on their photos on the website).

you never know, maybe they already implemented it in the simulator. Wink

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I wouldn't say that the screenshots say anything. More like the fact that they are going into beta coming in January.

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Reply #3 - Dec 30^th, 2011 at 4:53pm

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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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Reply #4 - Dec 30^th, 2011 at 7:07pm

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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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Reply #5 - Dec 31^st, 2011 at 11:49am

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garryrussell wrote on Dec 30^th, 2011 at 7:07pm:

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 Cool

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