What kind of planes can fly with GWS electric power systems?
Any plane can fly with electric power will be good. This includes helicopters and ducted fan jets. There are also an increasing number of planes that are only practical with electric power, for example GWS indoor models and park fliers. However, there are tradeoffs that must be considered with your electric power systems. For example, in order to increase duration, you must be willing to accept increased weight (wing loading) and/or decreased power. The three characteristics are interdependent. For a particular cell technology (NiCad, NiMH etc), the weight per cell is proportional to capacity, the relationships can be shown as GWS R/C plane’s instructions. We’ll have a breakthrough in battery technology that allows us to store 4 or 5 times more energy in a cell, these tradeoffs will be the central issue of electric aircraft design.
