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Incredible Siemens Electric Motor - 5kW/kg power

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Hi All,

Missed me? I've really missed you guys. I came across this article on Siemen's new electric motor. An incredible power to weight ration that is more than twice an improvement over existing technology.

http://www.gizmag.com/siemens-world-rec ... 3-90082809

Note the article's reference to Diamond Aircraft's DA36 E Star 2 motor glider using an older technology Siemen's motor with 60 kW output.

This one has 348 HP (260 kW)!!!

Consider the possibilities!!! Very cool news indeed.

Happy flying,

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Hi Paul -

Great to hear from you!

Regarding the Siemens motor, now all we need is Mr. Fusion. :mrgreen:

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Re: Incredible Siemens Electric Motor - 5kW/kg power

Post by Antoine »

Welcome back Paul! And thanks for this information. Indeed spectacular.
The painful question of course is: where does all this electric power come from... it would need at least 120 Kg of Li-Ion batteries to feed it for 5 minutes... aargh...
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