DHC-2 E-Beaver Takes to the Skies

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 12/11/2019 at 12:38 • Filed to: None

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Harbour air is the world’s biggest seaplane carrier and Vancouver has the word’s biggest seaplane terminal. Harbour Air was to be a client of my old firm and their main terminal was located a short distance from my office.

This is the first flight of their first electric plane.

You can hear what it sounds like in the 2nd video.

For Sweden > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 12:40

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bEVer

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 12:42

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I saw that. So rad. And such a BC hippie thing to do.

Ash78, voting early and often > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 12:51

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e-Havilland

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Ash78, voting early and often 12/11/2019 at 12:58

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winner!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 12/11/2019 at 12:59

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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 13:03

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10:36 is about it for battery life, presumably?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/11/2019 at 13:26

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Not too sure to be honest

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 13:33

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They listed the cities around the area they could reach, but they all seemed to be like 50 nautical miles tops by air from the Vancouver Waterfront . Probably not a bad application for the current state of tech. I think they said the maximum possible range was about 160KM. So, short hops.

I keep running the math wherein to get full range a 757 would need to weigh 3,000,000 pounds (mostly batteries) to get from LAX to Maui...  and thinking there must be a better way.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/11/2019 at 13:34

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All Harbour Air does is short hops, so it works well for them!

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 13:45

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So has anybody yet run The Nanaimo Bathtub Race with battery power yet?

We used to ride motorcycles up there to enjoy the scenery and waterfront drink .

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/11/2019 at 13:55

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To my knowledge, not yet!

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 13:57

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Sounds like a OPPO Meet-Up OPPOrtunity.  Bring a life jacket!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/11/2019 at 13:59

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I’d love to do an island meet one day!

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 14:05

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We could do a Victoria thing sometime...  maybe next spring?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/11/2019 at 14:08

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I think that would be doable!

I think the Whistler meet planning started sometime last year in January, so I may do that timeline again for the Island.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2019 at 14:57

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I had no idea that they were using a Magnax motor. They make some very neat looking axial flux motors.

Cé hé sin > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/11/2019 at 15:22

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...plus an allowance to reach an alternate destinatio n plus thirty minutes flying time just in case!