Inside The $200,000 Pipistrel Velis Electro

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Inside The $200,000 Pipistrel Velis Electro Plane
This is the Pipistrel Velis Electro, the first electric aircraft to attain EASA certification, which consequently grants its own place in aviation history.
The base purchase price for a new Pipistrel Velis Electro is around €175,000 or slightly less than $200,000 before options, and the average hourly operating cost is estimated at $60 to $80. Pipistrel says batteries need to be replaced after around 2,000 flight hours, and the price for a new pair is approximately $20,000.
Here is everything you need to know about the Pipistrel Velis Electro.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Interior
3:24 - Engine
7:00 - Performance Specifications
7:45 - Purchase Price and Operating Cost
8:12 - Outro
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@AlbertZonneveld 4 ай бұрын

This version of the plane was developed 5 years ago. It uses batteries with about 160-180 Wh/kg with liquid cooling. Currently the best batteries on the market are around 350-400 Wh/kg. I would expext a new version of this plane in 2025 or even before with a update of flighttime to about 90-100 minutes and possibly a small load weight improvement of 10-20kg or so.

@error.418 3 ай бұрын

They already announced work on a 2.5 hour flight time battery with a 0.5 hour charge time, it's going through certification at the moment. I believe the current gen is a 1 hour flight time with a 1 hour charge time. I know these aren't the most useful numbers but you can look it up.

@hanswallner2188 4 ай бұрын

Electric planes will be the next really HUGE thing, for flighttraining already there, in a few years for short range passenger flights, we will see the same sharp rise in adoption figures as in EVs. As batteries are evolving from year to year with a 15% capacity gain this is a very good future for clean and less noisy planes. With todays cutting edge batteries (around 450 Wh/kg in high end serial production) ranges up to 500km will be possible.

@error.418 3 ай бұрын

In flight, most noise comes from the prop, not the engine, when it comes to a single engine GA aircraft. The battery tech is more about being green. Also they already have a 500km range version undergoing certification. Also, to quote Pipistrel: "We can see that the more blades a propeller has, the lower the noise emissions. But with fewer blades, propulsion becomes more efficient and the electric aircraft can fly for longer. In that sense, there is a trade-off between energy efficiency and noise."

@McTrex123 3 ай бұрын

A battery with a SoH of 40% would have been retired long ago, please inform yourself about realistic SoH numbers! An electric vehicle warranty usually replaces the battery if it gets under 70% SoH, and that would be considered severe degradation already.

@Noodels6fr 5 ай бұрын

Is there room for luggage?

@AlbertZonneveld 4 ай бұрын

This is basically a trainer airplane. No luggage. It is also weight restricted due to the batteries. Like 170-180 kg limit for max two people in the plane.