{"id":12657,"date":"2020-09-12T21:25:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T04:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12657"},"modified":"2020-09-12T21:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T04:25:50","slug":"aviation-milestone-successful-electric-world-record-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/aviation-milestone-successful-electric-world-record-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Milestone: Successful Electric World Record Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Elektro-Weltrekordflug (electric world record flight) team had great success<\/a> in its flight from Sch\u00e4nis, Switzerland to Norderney, on Germany\u2019s North Sea.\u00a0 Setting five of its intended seven world records and then flying back to Switzerland, the team and its Pipistrel Velis showed that electric flight can be a reality for light aircraft.\u00a0 All we need are charging stations along the way.<\/p>\n

Your Editor will do something not normal to the blog – repeat most of someone else\u2019s writing with a few comments tossed in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world record flight with the first certified electric aircraft from the Alps to the North Sea in Norderney was a success.\u00a0The \u201cPipistrel Velis Electro\u201d landed again in Sch\u00e4nis (Switzerland) on Sunday evening.\u00a0In addition, five world records were set.\u00a0The EWF team has ushered in a new era in aviation and has proven that electric flying is possible on long-haul routes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The electric world record flight team (from left to right): Tom Albrecht,\u00a0 Morell Westermann, Kerstin Zulechner, Stefan Pieper, Marco Buholzer, Malik Aziz, Tobi Pape<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cFor most of them, passenger flights with small battery-powered aircraft were a long way off. To prove that it is already a reality today, seven daring electric enthusiasts set off with the first certified electric light aircraft on August 31, 2020 and reached Norderney on September 2, 2020. In the process, five world records tumbled the combustion aircraft: your aircraft used less than a quarter of the energy for the route than conventional planes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis required challenging planning: there is no infrastructure for electric aircraft on the entire route.\u00a0Therefore, two ground crews in electric cars had to drive two chargers in a rabbit and hedgehog game in front of the plane.\u00a0The aircraft flies at about 120-150 km \/ h in a straight line, the cars have to adapt to the road conditions.\u00a0Meticulous planning was necessary to minimize waiting times when loading.<\/p>\n

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Chargers were carried between landings by team members in cars<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe community of the podcast CleanElectric.de helped<\/a>\u00a0in a great way by testing the suitability of the three-phase current connections at airports throughout Germany in the run-up to the flight The mainstream press clearly shows this.\u00a0 (Editor\u2019s note: the public relations campaign the team managed was world-class itself.)<\/em><\/p>\n

World Records<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cThe results documented by the Swiss ElectroSuisse for recognition as a world record with a certified electric aircraft will be submitted to the FAI (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration A\u00e9ronautique Internationale) in the coming days:<\/p>\n

Lowest energy consumption (kWh \/ 100 km):<\/strong><\/p>\n