I was wrong about Electric Airplanes…

The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the Tesla of the Sky. It is the only certified electric airplane today, which is now available FOR SALE in the USA too as a factory built airplane. We talk about the performance, motor, battery, power, and flight time of the Velis Electro, then we take it for a flying to see if electric airplanes are the future of flight.

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[FloridaFlying]

The Velis Electro has a 24.8kW/h battery capacity. With a US national average electric rate of $.13/kWh it ROUGHLY costs $3.22 to charge the battery from zero. With a flight time of 1 hour, that’s about $3.22 of energy per flight.

Sure, there are other costs like depreciation and battery life decreasing, but there is no sticker shock at the “pump”.

What are your thoughts on the Velis Electro?

[CrossWindsPat]

This is the perfect trainer platform. No real fear of an engine out (im ready for the flame ill get for that), no absurd fuel cost, no burning lead over peoples heads. An hour is plenty of time to do any maneuver and pattern work. They will of course always need a traditional plane for x/c. But the best part is that battery upgrades are so easy to do and you know their capacities will keep growing as they have been.

[jetproduction]

Great to finally meet you today man! Sun and fun was definitely the place to be today. Love the content!

[OzzySafa]

Having flown the Velis Electro also it’s totally new way of managing the the power. Its a dream to fly very rewarding something about it feels more free. I did get a low voltage master caution so had to land got it on camera too.

[moodiblues]

When watching this video I was jealous over the nice smooth airplane and long unobstructed airport. I learned to fly, first in a Piper Cub, a primitive ancient aircraft fabric covered, tandem seated, weak gas-powered, tail-dragger without flaps. My airport was College Park Maryland, with a short, obstructed runway, having tall high tension electric wires and railroad tracks at one end and a forest on the other. My landings were sometimes comical with me bouncing down the runway and doing ground loops. What I wouldn’t have given to have that Pipistrel and your long unobstructed airport in which to practice and hone my skills.

[Martin-qlbd]

I earned my career in commercial advertising. In the beginning of the 80's I would go to big ad agencies to talk to them about using computers to make ads. They were sure that it was a fad that would go away

[rinzler]

One massive factor is with fuel aircraft, as they burn the fuel, the weight reduces and it makes a massive difference to aircraft range. The electric plane will stay at constant "max fuel" weight for the entire flight.

[_aidid]

Employing these aircrafts would cut down the cost of flying unprecedently

[TexanUSMC]

Maybe they will be upgraded to a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery pack, or in the future to graphene batteries. Flying for one hour is kind of short, but it's a pretty neat little plane.

[Avokado]

It will only get cheeper and more effective.

[Alucard]

Personally i'm more interested in the Hybrid Pipistrel Panthera. Can't wait to see some footage of that in action.
Would also be interesting if its able to charge/regen while using the regular engine for long distance cruising.

[JWH-]

I will be very interested when it is a viable cross country plane.

[davido]

So you can have a controllable electric battery fire? I did not know that...

[qpr]

The idea of regenerative braking is interesting, which is a plus point not available to other types of planes.

[alscustomerservice]

Electric aviation is in its infancy. The Vels is a fantastic first step into the space. I am looking forward to seeing what electric aviation will look like in a decade! At the moment electric aviation is to restrictive in its application for my usage but very excited about the future of electric aviation.

[Factory]

So fun to see as it is. The next 10 years will be very interesting.
I would guess that we will see air based commuting become more accessible.

[kristoffermangila]

From next year onwards, all Pipistrel aircraft will be supported by Textron Aviation, since Textron Aviation acquired the company in April.

[snowblazed]

Am flying one tomorrow, down here in NZ

[mekkler]

You WERE right at the time. But they are getting better and have just reached the point where they are practical in some cases.

[SuperYellowsubmarin]

I recently bought a Zero DS electric motocycle and it is amazing. Smooth, silent, a pure joy to ride. I am into paramotoring and looking to go electric as well. As as far airplanes go, I'll stick to the rotax for a while but looking at this with eager curiosity.