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Originally Posted by dcb
Great, just make sure the airports are spaced 10 miles apart so you can make it to the next one  |
At least at my local air port most people with small private planes don't take them on long trips and that plane has a 140 mile range, so you are good for a trip to a cabin or taking someone on an air tour of the area and the best part is, if you have your own air strip... straight section of road or field, you don't need to get fuel deliveries there any more, you just need a 220v outlet.
It also sounds like these planes cost about the same as the gasoline counterparts but are much simpler so when you get your annual inspection done you get your electric motor checked and maybe bearings replaced compared to a gas engine plane that gets it's engine tore down and rebuilt.