1000km RANGE with ELECTRIC Glider | AERO 2022

Antares glider project with FES and 1000 km range!
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#Electric #Glider

[@aaronpahler5410]

The sick stuff exposed at the aero flashes me every time!! Stoked to see it all on the marked

[@dejanpasalic8126]

Great video Stefan, please post more on electric aviation

[@darlingtonmachona2010]

Very inspiring and inovative

[@ferasskaik6130]

good boy, more of these

[@eliescroguennec]

C’est un beau planeur

[@nestortafah3311]

Very innovative

[@qarramarco]

Grazie

[@easy08154711]

Danke!

[@SteFly]

Vielen Dank :)

[@knowledgebyte]

Impressive technology convergence with smart electronics and flight management systems to propulsion and additive technologies.

[@anishasahu1467]

Amazing

[@tomdchi12]

Very cool to see 3d printing being applied to reduce weight in "real world" aircraft (as opposed to thinks like the latest very large turbine engine blades for huge amounts of money.) I hope this points to improvements for future powered general aviation aircraft also.

[@urbanlife2091]

Inspiring

[@majojose307]

Nice

[@Paul-vh6ul]

I'm looking forward to your review of the printed tailwheel for LS3/4.

[@omaninman9961]

good view

[@jaysonmendoza-lh3hy]

keep safe bro

[@waqarahmad-fj4tn]

nice

[@russellharris5072]

It looks as though you have a great opportunity to test fly more than one glider,I'm looking forward to that................................

[@zayamazing_04]

Nice🎉

[@mikelumbreras4903]

I want one! 😉🙌

[@rkan2]

Just need one with IFR :P

[@user-co3qg7dd4k]

Good

[@boge1334]

Wow

[@aswaniasokan9156]

Nice......

[@TheSoaringChannel]

Awesome video Stefan! I'm sure it's tough to stay on your toes during an interview demo like this - WHAT IS the range extender? He said it's powered by fuel? What is it? 🤣 I know it's easy to miss these things. And I'm very much looking forward to you testing it.

[@Johan-ex5yj]

In electric cars, a range extender is a (petrol or diesel powered) electric generator, that keeps the batteries charged up as you go. So I assume this is the same kind of thing.

[@TheSoaringChannel]

@@Johan-ex5yj ah so an APU of sorts. Very cool!

[@forton615]

Isn't a range extender just any type of motor for emergency backup and to fly longer distances?

[@rkan2]

Im range extenders the final drive is generally always electric. Thus they are hybrids, while they are not :P. Almost all diesel trains have been range extenders since basically their inception. Final drive always electric, no matter the actual power source.

[@JohnThomasOne]

Seems to be a restricted market with a short lifetime. We have to stop burning fossil fuels. It seems likely that not long after this is put on the market, a battery-only system with similar range - or adequate range, how often does a glider need 1000km powered range? - will become available.

[@naseefaamindato4670]

more vedio please

[@Spunktdausspunkt]

Wäre es nicht auch möglich Winglets zu Drucken?

[@surplusstock8778]

These new 500wh per kilo that amprius have developed are going to be a game changer for stuff like this,triple the range for same volume and weight.

[@lalolicasa1399]

yes right. we try to build a 2 seat glider. range I hope 700 km with lipofe4 battery. no fire but a litle more heavy

[@FreedZ]

Was noch fehlt ist ein Doppelsitzer mit den Specs der Antares

[@JasonBlack66]

It's a bit misleading to title this video "ELECTRIC Glider" when its actually a Hybrid

[@TripleAAA53]

OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!! Mongo WANT ONE !!

[@manojshrestha7254]

👍👍

[@CalebNorthNorman]

👍

[@yxhankun]

at 9.38 of this clip, what is the size of the tail wheel?

[@TFeca75]

Hello! Could you write here some English worlds about the battery conversation ?

[@elftax]

Could you have solar panels on the wings to compliment the battery?

[@pluemas]

Solar panels are mostly too heavy for gliders. They are used on the ground to recharge.

[@Yeet42069]

@@pluemas They are not, the weight is negligible if installed properly.

[@nob0dy27_]

gibt's nicht nachrüstbare spornräder für die LS3? oder ist das nur für die LS3a/17?

[@SteFly]

Nur für die LS3a

[@Fukenbumen]

I fail to understand why anyone would want more than 300 km range on a glider. The idea is self launch and no outlandings. Maybe for Wandersgelflug all through Europe? But then you need a luggage compartment as well. Nice technlogy though and in the end the market will decide.

[@jr455]

Very interesting. I'm interested to know how Airbatt have got up to 12AH now in a "standard" sized battery? - regretfully my German is only good enough for ordering beer, so I could'nt make out if he explained. I also really like the case for the batteries...

[@schokotux59]

The "standard" batteries of this format are usually using lead gel technology, whereas the battery airbatt showed was a LiFePo (Lithium Iron Polymer) battery which is a different technology with better energy density. (Important note, don't confuse LiFePo with LiIon Batteries, they have different properties)

[@marcelholl1846]

Where did you get all the money to do gliding/flying?

[@forton615]

He made a video about that.

[@marcelholl1846]

@@forton615 thx for the link ;)

[@forton615]

@@marcelholl1846 Maybe not what you asked for but here he explains what it costs (not how he makes his income) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWa5en5se6t0q8U

[@grahamariss2111]

Batteries in the wing, only works if you have a hanger or a place where you can park your trailer next to a charge point.

[@PaulFurber]

A small ten kilowatt gasoline or diesel generator, the size of a bar fridge, should do nicely. Chuck one in the back of your trailer.

[@PaulFurber]

@@grahamariss2111 Fair enough. I don't know whether Lange Aviation really want to get into gasoline-powered aircraft though. I was thinking of Stefan in the middle of the Namibian desert needing a charge to take off from a remote airfield and having a very compact means to charge with him. The theft issue is a social one and cannot be solved by purely technological means unfortunately.

[@bmpowellicio]

@@grahamariss2111 Installation, noise, vibration, reliability, smell, maintenance, cost and weight penalties would be much higher with a gasoline engine, which is why its rarely been done in a sophisticated glider over the last century. Towing a glider across to a gasoline refueling bay would not be a straightforward task, I can promise you. For an electric system there are lots of ways to run electricity to your batteries, it just needs a resourceful approach. For example, a few solar panels on the trailer roof would charge a battery (or your car) while you fly, so you then rapid transfer that charge to the glider when it returns and you have a break. My electric car holds 52kWh, so 10 for the journey to the airport, 10 for the trip home, and ten to fill the glider for the second flight of the day. Any solar power I collect while I'm parked is a bonus, but not necessary in the real world. Not long ago marinas and caravan parks had no power delivered to the pitches and mooring spots. Now they all do. A decade ago there were few car-charging points, but now there are tens of thousands. If the demand builds, the flying sites will see the attraction of running cables to the parking area for aircraft and cars. Its not a problem, its an opportunity.

[@kvarkov]

​@@bmpowellicioсолнечные батареи на прицепе

[@realfootball338]

1000km range with self launch ? How much does it cost ?

[@rkan2]

Doesn't look like a product yet, but probably more than 150k$

[@realfootball338]

@@rkan2 is it possible 1000km range with self launch on electric ?

[@rkan2]

@@realfootball338 Well, a range extender has batteries, so if the airframe and propeller are fitted for self launching, why not..

[@realfootball338]

@@rkan2 for example get 4000m high without thermal stream and have reserve to get 2000m high more.

[@gehtdichnixan4704]

No, 1000km range is just sustained flight. Self launch costs a lot of range.

[@phoeteus]

New plane, no pockets for the prop...

[@sh4969]

I like the Marske flying wing gliders don't see many of them around. Marskeaircraft

[@emanuele9911]

we see many electric vehicles catching fire, how do we deal with this problem, lithium batteries can be a great danger... 

[@Nothingactual]

whats the price on these, couldn't watch whole video

[@rkan2]

"a project" - doesn't look like a full product yet. Probably at least 150k$

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahahahhaahhaahhahaha

[@adlapl]

Concept is well known - nothing new but ... this project could be enhanced. That is to say - forget battery, add hydrogen fuel cell and hit 1300km range easily with env.-friendly fuel. Carrying empty batteries dead-weight is NO-GO for any plane. Any engineer will understand, that in the air electricity must be from fuel cell. I love propeller design - very, very similar to rc-models we build.

[@Xithia]

Yes because empty hydrogen tanks are better. Never mind that cheap hydrogen comes as fossil fuel production by product, and you are carrying explosive, flammable, pressurized hydrogen. At least with LiFePo batteries there is almost no risk of fire.

[@That-Guy-79]

Yes, but how much cocaine can it carry?

[@markspc1]

Anyone that has an airplane knows that weight is everything and batteries will not work for you. A fossil fuel engine has a power density 50 times greater than batteries, so no matter how efficient a battery can get it will never get more energy dense than fossil fuel. Electric airplanes have a complex multilevel electronic controller, extra heavy battery system that can explode and burn and a permanent magnetic motor. The magnets that makes the electric motor are made from imported rare earth material.

[@SteFly]

And your fuel is not explosive? 🤣

[@markspc1]

@@SteFly No fossil fuels are not explosive but batteries are. All airliners carry fossil fuel that can burn but are not explosive like batteries. The 787 batteries caught fire in Tokyo and Boston grounding the 787 for several months, however the 787 or any other airliner were never grounded because of fuel fire. Powering and airplane with batteries can be WOKE but you will go broke because it makes no engineering sense, 50 to 1 ration

[@b1icky]

Tell that to the battery powered helicopters and gliders currently flying 😂

[@markspc1]

@@b1icky One you are not an engineer. Two you are a victim of gaslighting by Klaus Schwab head of the WEF/ESG. Helicopter with battery power is a moronic approach to flying. You can tell that to the battery powered helicopter guys.

[@hafizuddinmohdlowhim8426]

For a glider, battery does work due to they have high glide ratio of 40:1. Your argument is valid for a normal aircraft that has glide ratio of 18:1. However a battery powered glider is expensive. A normal glider price is €5k but with a battery it is €30k. That is 6x fold!

[@DarrylZubot]

Click bate video. This is not a 1000km electric glider, if you add a gas motor range extender it becomes a petrol aircraft.

[@toadamine]

this is why i hate electric cars... shitty range... theyre awesome otherwise... you just cant go very far... and thats a dealbreaker for me as a primary vehicle or an airplane id want to take cross country.. would be fine for local/short flights... but id only want one if i already had one that runs on fuel.

[@eglide73]

That is an AIRPLANE, not a glider. Please no more.

[@SteFly]

It´s still a glider

[@rkan2]

It is called a motor glider - in Europe CS-22 in EASA regulation. FAA term for a motorglider is a “Powered Glider,” as described in Advisory Circular (AC) 21.17-2a. In some countries you might need a PPL or some other type of cert in addition to a glider license.

[@rkan2]

@GracieM Yeah, though I didn't say you need one in the US - just in some countries. You don't in the US or EU. For a traveling motor gliding you need some additional stuff on your gliding license in the EU.

[@basilbaby4274]

Nice

[@mdbasir-qo2is]

Wow

[@saqibahamd1290]

Nice