Avinol Electric-Powered Pipistrel crashes in Norway.

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I guess fuel emergencies aren't limited to gas-powered airplanes...

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...1df5553dc6c2eebeb88e1a1e9876394e#.XVXVwehKiUl

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Photographs published by Norwegian media showed the Alpha Electro G2 plane, produced by Slovenia’s Pipistrel, nose-down and partly submerged at the end of a lake near Arendal in southern Norway.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

“I made a mayday call and looked for a place to land,” Falk-Pedersen told public broadcaster NRK.

“This is not good for the work we do,” he added."
 
Being very coy in their statement to the press.
"I declared an emergency..."
Why?
 
SoCal RV Flyer said:
Range anxiety is bad enough in an electric car...
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I have more "range anxiety" in my avgas powered plane then in any EV. I run out of juice in a car, I coast to a stop. In a plane, fewer choices :D
Fuel type really does not matter, piloting and ADM do.

Tim
 
Looks like a major glitch for electric powered airplanes.
 
Shouldn't be a big deal IMO. Plenty of gas powered planes have crashed in testing. It's going to take time to get the technology right.
 
Bonchie said:
Shouldn't be a big deal IMO. Plenty of gas powered planes have crashed in testing. It's going to take time to get the technology right.
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Pilots have been crashing planes and running out of fuel for the motive source since powered flight started. The only way to stop this is to remove the pilot.

Tim
 
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