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Re:Eviation’s Alice is an all-electric, nine-person aircraft by srcmap on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:19PM (#18615375)
900KWH / (400WH/kg ) =2250kg > 2 ton for battery ?

That seem to be non trivial amount of weight.

I am curious how that compare to weight of typical fuel + engine for a small plane.

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Re:Eviation’s Alice is an all-electric, nine-person aircraft by technofiend on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:29PM (#18615415)
A pt6a runs 190-225kg dry. But I have no idea how much the combined weight of all engine systems, fuel, etc weigh together.
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Re:Eviation’s Alice is an all-electric, nine-person aircraft by arcticbull on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:48AM (#18615958)
Also the fuel required to carry the remaining fuel goes down over the course of a gas powered flight, but obviously will not over the course of an electric flight. This would serve to further reduce the range. Curious too!
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