{"id":3356,"date":"2011-05-20T08:34:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T15:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2011-05-20T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T15:34:20","slug":"e-fenix-the-two-seater-trike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/e-fenix-the-two-seater-trike\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Fenix, the Two-Seater Trike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Lavrand, Electravia\u2019s General Manager, announced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electravia.fr\/ANGLAIS\/Aefenix.html\">E-Fenix<\/a>, the first two-seat electric paratrike.\u00a0 Developed with <a href=\"http:\/\/planete-sports-loisirs.com\/\">Plan\u00e8te Sports &amp; Loisirs<\/a>, a leisure activities company based on Re Island, off the coast of La Rochelle, France, the trike will carry visitors on discovery flights over the scenic island.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3360\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3360\" href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?attachment_id=3360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3360\" title=\"E-FENIX\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/efenix_02-469x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/efenix_02-469x704.jpg 469w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/efenix_02-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/efenix_02.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Morin takes Michel Bayle for a test flight<\/p><\/div>\n<p>E-Fenix has an electric propulsion system from Electravia, which includes a 35-horsepower GMPE 104 motor, an E-Props QD2 four-blade propeller, and a\u00a0six kilowatt-hour Kokam Lithium-Polymer battery.\u00a0 All is carried aloft on a 38-square-meter ITT Bulldog wing, which can fly 35 minutes with two persons aboard, and 55 minutes with only the pilot. \u00a0First flights took place on May 12th, with Micha\u00ebl Morin as test pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Reported to be \u201cvery silent and comfortable,\u201d the trike must be registered by the French Civil Aviation Administration (DGAC) before being used commercially.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3359\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3359\" href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?attachment_id=3359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3359\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3359\" title=\"e-fenix on re\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/e-fenix-on-re-528x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/e-fenix-on-re-528x191.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/e-fenix-on-re-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-Fenix on the Isle of Re, awaiting its first scenic ride passenger. Note the green windsock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electravia.fr\">Electravia <\/a>has a full range of projects and has been in the forefront of early electric flights, including the first electric ultralight flight of 48 minutes with their Electra, a modified Souricette; a one-hour, nine-minute flight in January 2009 with their Alatus ME; and recently, a 162 mph speed record with a twin-motor electric Cri-Cri. \u00a0\u00a0They are now working on one- and two-seat ultralights &#8211; the latter a flying wing! &#8211;\u00a0to be powered by their motor packages.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fe-fenix-the-two-seater-trike%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Lavrand, Electravia\u2019s General Manager, announced the E-Fenix, the first two-seat electric paratrike.\u00a0 Developed with Plan\u00e8te Sports &amp; Loisirs, a leisure activities company based on Re Island, off the coast of La Rochelle, France, the trike will carry visitors on discovery flights over the scenic island. 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