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Re:New electric engine improves safety of light aircraft by bri3d on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:11PM (#9840573)
That's definitely extremely high - brushless motors with much higher power (~80hp) are in the 50kg range (see for example EV218).
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Re:New electric engine improves safety of light aircraft by keenerd on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:32PM (#9840747)
Interesting! UQM has the "PowerPhase® Select 50" which is a 30kW motor. I would say this counts as the "very lightweight motor technology" I speculated they were using because you can't get any datasheets or information or even a price for the UQM products.

40hp 200kg brushless motors are extremely common by comparison. Dozens of places will sell you one for a few grand.

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