The electric aircraft ELEKTRA ONE, developed by Calin Gologan, performed its internal First Flight on 19 Mar at the Airport Augsburg/Germany. On 23 Mar, the single-seater ELEKTRA ONE circled for 30 minutes in the air.
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| ELEKTRA ONE in the air. Copyright Jean-Marie Urlacher/Info-Pilote. Click to enlarge. |
During its maiden flight, the ELEKTRA ONE climbed to more than 500 meters (1,640 feet), at 400 feet/min. The electric aircraft used about 3 kWh of energy from the total 6 kWh available on board.
The Geiger Engineering company, located in Bamberg/Germany, developed the electric drive unit including electric motor HPD 13.5 (16 kW maximum power), controller, battery management and propeller.
At first the flight characteristics were tested. The next step involved the monitoring and evaluation of important parameters of the electric drive.
Our expectations have been exceeded. We are overjoyed.
—Calin Gologan, CEO of PC-Aero GmbH/Germany