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Old 16-04-2019, 11:08   #1
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Må innrømme at jeg tenkte på noe helt annet da jeg først hørte om "Electric Beaver"

https://standbynordic.com/seaplane-a...ectric-motors/

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Old 16-04-2019, 22:48   #2
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Må innrømme at jeg tenkte på noe helt annet da jeg først hørte om "Electric Beaver"

https://standbynordic.com/seaplane-a...ectric-motors/

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Jet har jo hørt endel om disse planene lokalt, både motor utvikler og innehaver av DHC-2 Type Sertifkatet er basert her i Seattle området, og Harbour Airlines er en av mine favoritter - interessant at artikkelen bruker Seattle - Vancouver som eksempel, Harbour Airlines flyr jo ikke denne ruten, derimot er vel 90% av markedet til HA Vancouver - Victoria som er innen rekkevidden på 160km (Seattle - Vancouver er utenfor med 190 km)
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Da har den hatt sin jomfrutur. Det ble hele tre minutter. Så litt lenger enn Wright Brothers ...

Video i artikkelen.

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Harbour Air founder and chief executive Greg McDougall took off solo in the bright yellow retrofitted DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver float plane, and spent three minutes in the air over Richmond, B.C., before circling back and landing in front of a crowd of roughly 120 onlookers and media.

"It was good, like a Beaver on electric steroids," said McDougall, smiling on the dock immediately after the flight. "It was definitely smooth and a lot quieter than the piston [engine], that's for sure."
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