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"MOSES LAKE — After months of delay, a sleek all-electric airplane prototype
buzzed like a hornet at the end of the runway, then sped off and lifted into
the sky above Central Washington on its first flight at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday.
The plane took two wide turns around the airfield, climbing to 3,500 feet. As
it passed directly overhead, people on the ground heard a whirring buzz, a
fluttering of air from the propellers at the rear of the fuselage.
The plane landed safely just 8 minutes later. As it taxied in to the terminal,
it gave a couple more loud buzzes when the pilot revved the motors.
The plane, built to carry nine passengers and one or two pilots, was designed
and built by Arlington-based startup Eviation to demonstrate the potential for
an electric commercial commuter aircraft flying a few hundred miles between
cities at an altitude of around 15,000 feet.
It’s powered by just over 21,500 small Tesla-style battery cells that, at just
over 4 tons, make up fully half the weight of the carbon composite airframe.
They drive electric motors designed and built by MagniX in Everett."
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Future Crunch Oct 7, 2022:
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
